Woody Hayes Quotes

• 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.

  Woody Hayes

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  Tags in Despises, Coach

• 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.

  Woody Hayes

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  Tags in Coach, Players

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

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  Tags in Football, Deceptive

• The bowl games are only supposed to be a fun reward.

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  Tags in Reward, Fun

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

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  Tags in Character, Factor

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

  Woody Hayes

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  Tags in Smart, Recognize

• A good general always makes you search for his weaknesses.

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  Tags in General, Makes

• I don’t apologize for anything. When I make a mistake, I take the blame and go on from there.

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  Tags in Apologize, Blame

• Nothing that comes easy is worth a dime.

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  Tags in Dime, Worth

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

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  Tags in I May Not, Many

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

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  Tags in Football, Jail

• No back in the history of football was ever worth two fumbles a game.

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  Tags in Football, Worth

• 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.

  Woody Hayes

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  Tags in Game, Blocked

• The game of football is one of strategy and tactics.

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  Tags in Tactics, Strategy

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

  Woody Hayes

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  Tags in Honest, Tough

• I’m not trying to win a popularity poll. I’m trying to win football games.

  Woody Hayes

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  Tags in Popularity, Poll

• Without winners, there wouldn’t even be any civilization.

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  Tags in Civilization

• There’s nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you.

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  Tags in Hell

• Success – it’s what you do with what you’ve got.

  Woody Hayes

  Topics in Success

• Paralyze resistance with persistence.

  Woody Hayes

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in People, Paralyze

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Birth:	14th February, 1993
Death:	12th March, 1987
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Coach, Football Player

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