Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
It's never an upset if the so-called underdog has all along considered itself the better team.
Woody Hayes
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
Woody Hayes
Age: 74 †
Born: 1913
Born: February 14
Died: 1987
Died: March 12
Football Player
Military Officer
Clifton
Ohio
Wayne Woodrow Hayes
Team
Called
Better
Never
Underdog
Footballer
Upset
Considered
Along
More quotes by Woody Hayes
I'm not trying to win a popularity poll. I'm trying to win football games.
Woody Hayes
Without winners, there would be no civilization.
Woody Hayes
Picking an assistant coach, the first thing I was interested in was the man's character.
Woody Hayes
I love football. I think it is most wonderful game in world and I despise to lose.
Woody Hayes
Even the best team, without a sound plan, can't score.
Woody Hayes
You can never pay back, so you should always try to pay forward.
Woody Hayes
Winners are men who have dedicated their whole lives to winning.
Woody Hayes
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.
Woody Hayes
The most deceptive course in football is straight at the goalposts.
Woody Hayes
The minute I think I'm getting mellow, I'm retiring. Who ever heard of a mellow winner?
Woody Hayes
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.
Woody Hayes
Any time you give a man something he doesn't earn, you cheapen him. Our kids earn what they get, and that includes respect.
Woody Hayes
No back in the history of football was ever worth two fumbles a game.
Woody Hayes
The bowl games are only supposed to be a fun reward.
Woody Hayes
Nothing that comes easy in this world is worth a damn.
Woody Hayes
Football is, after all, a wonderful way to get rid of your aggressions without going to jail for it.
Woody Hayes
There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you.
Woody Hayes
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.
Woody Hayes
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.
Woody Hayes
When you're winning - you don't need any friends. When you're losing - you don't have any friends anyway.
Woody Hayes
