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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.

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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
Long
Wavelength
Coach
Coaches
Players
Player
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Success is the only motivational factor that a boy with character needs.
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We control by attitudes-positive mental attitudes-not by rules.
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I may not be able to outsmart too many people, but I can outwork 'em.
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A good general always makes you search for his weaknesses.
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Without winners, there wouldn't even be any civilization.
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In football we always said that the other team couldn't beat us. We had to be sure that we didn't beat ourselves. And that's what people have to do, too - make sure they don't beat themselves.
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There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you.
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Because I couldn't go for three.
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There's nothing in this world that comes easy. There are a lot of people who aren't going to bother to win. We learn in football to get up and go once more.
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The game of football is one of strategy and tactics.
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You can never really pay back. You can only pay forward.
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Even the best team, without a sound plan, can't score.
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The only way we'd get beaten was if we got a little fat-headed, if we didn't train right, if we had dissension on the squad.
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Perfect preparation prevents piss-poor performance.
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It does not matter the size of the man, rather the amount of effort the man is willing to put forth
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