Woody Hayes Quotes - Page 2

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• The only meaningful statistic is number of games won.

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  Meaningful, Games, Numbers

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• I don't like nice people. I like tough, honest people.

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  Nice, People, Tough

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• Winners are men who have dedicated their whole lives to winning.

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  Army, Winning, Men

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• Football is, after all, a wonderful way to get rid of your aggressions without going to jail for it.

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  Football, Jail, Funny Sports

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• To hell with exciting. I'd rather be drab as hell and win.

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  Winning, Hell, Exciting

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• I am not very smart, but I recognize that I am not very smart.

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  Smart, Very Smart

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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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  Graduation, Football, Player

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• A man is always better than he thinks.

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  Men, Thinking, Coaching

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• You can never pay back, so you should always try to pay forward.

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  Trying, Pay, Should

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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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  Mistake, Taken, Men

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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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  Football, Thinking, Games

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• Anything easy ain't worth a damn!

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  Easy, Damn

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• We control by attitudes-positive mental attitudes-not by rules.

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  Leadership, Sports, Attitude

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• Indomitable in victory, insufferable in defeat.

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  Victory, Defeat, Insufferable

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• It's never an upset if the so-called underdog has all along considered itself the better team.

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  Team, Upset, Underdog

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• The most deceptive course in football is straight at the goalposts.

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  Football, Deceptive, Courses

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• Success is the only motivational factor that a boy with character needs.

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  Character, Boys, Needs

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• Picking an assistant coach, the first thing I was interested in was the man's character.

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  Basketball, Character, Men

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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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  Men, Years, Trouble

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• The minute I think I'm getting mellow, I'm retiring. Who ever heard of a mellow winner?

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  Thinking, Winner, Minutes

  "Hayes produced champions, controversy" by Alex Fineman, www.espn.com.

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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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  Done, Pay, Chance

  "23 Of The Best Pieces Of Advice Ever Given To Graduates" by Max Nisen and Lynne Guey, www.businessinsider.com. May 15, 2013.

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• Jack Tatum could hit a man so hard that it would lift both his feet
  off the ground.

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  Men, Feet, Lifts

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• The five big mistakes in football are the fumble, the interception, the penalty, the badly called play, the blocked punt—and most of these originate with the quarterback. Find a mistake-proof quarterback and you have this game won.

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  Football, Mistake, Games

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• I may not be able to outsmart too many people, but I can outwork 'em.

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  People, Ems, May

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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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  Squad, Littles, Way

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