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The players fire the coach, and as long as I'm on the same wavelength with them, I can coach as long as I want to.
Woody Hayes
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Woody Hayes
Age: 74 †
Born: 1913
Born: February 14
Died: 1987
Died: March 12
Football Player
Military Officer
Clifton
Ohio
Wayne Woodrow Hayes
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Nobody despises to lose more than I do. That's got me into trouble over the years, but it also made a man of mediocre ability into a pretty good coach.
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Without winners, there wouldn't even be any civilization.
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I never saw a football player make a tackle with a smile on his face.
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Nothing that comes easy in this world is worth a damn.
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Because I couldn't go for three.
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You can outwork anybody. Try it, you will find out that you can do it.
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I don't apologize for anything. When I make a mistake, I take the blame and go on from there. I just despise to lose, and that has taken a man of mediocre ability and made a pretty good coach out of him.
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Football represents and embodies everything that's great about this country, because the United States of America is built on winners, not losers or people who didn't bother to play.
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You don't get many chances to pay back what's been done for you. Take them.
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Paralyze resistance with persistence.
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I may not be able to outsmart too many people, but I can outwork 'em.
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Even the best team, without a sound plan, can't score.
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No back in the history of football was ever worth two fumbles a game.
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You'll find out that nothing that comes easy is worth a dime. As a matter of fact, I never saw a football player make a tackle with a smile on his face. Never.
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Statistics always remind me of fellow who drowned in a river where the average depth was only three feet.
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When you're winning - you don't need any friends. When you're losing - you don't have any friends anyway.
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We control by attitudes-positive mental attitudes-not by rules.
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The only meaningful statistic is number of games won.
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They may outsmart me, or be luckier, but they can't outwork me.
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Perfect preparation prevents piss-poor performance.
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