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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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Woody Hayes
Age: 74 †
Born: 1913
Born: February 14
Died: 1987
Died: March 12
Football Player
Military Officer
Clifton
Ohio
Wayne Woodrow Hayes
Didn
Littles
Little
Dissension
Right
Squad
Way
Headed
Beaten
Fats
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I am not very smart, but I recognize that I am not very smart.
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