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I've had smarter people around me all my life, but I haven't run into one yet that can outwork me. And if they can't outwork you, then smarts aren't going to do them much good.

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Woody Hayes
Age: 74 †
Born: 1913
Born: February 14
Died: 1987
Died: March 12
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Clifton
Ohio
Wayne Woodrow Hayes
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I love football. I think it is most wonderful game in world and I despise to lose.
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I'm not trying to win a popularity poll. I'm trying to win football games.
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I may not be able to outsmart too many people, but I can outwork 'em.
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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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The only thing even in this world is the number of hours in a day. The difference in winning or losing is what you do with those hours.
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Without winners, there would be no civilization.
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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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Statistics always remind me of fellow who drowned in a river where the average depth was only three feet.
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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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We do not pull in and fill up. And I'll tell you why we don't. It's because I don't buy one goddamn drop of gas in the state of Michigan. We'll coast and push this goddamn car to the Ohio line before I give this state a nickel of my money.
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I don't like nice people. I like tough, honest people.
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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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