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Woody Hayes Biography

Wayne Woodrow "Woody" Hayes (February 14, 1913 – March 12, 1987) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at Denison University (1946–1948), Miami University in Oxford, Ohio (1949–1950), and Ohio State University (1951–1978), compiling a career college football record of 238 wins, 72 losses, and 10 ties.

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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.

Ability, Blame, Men, Mistake, Taken

There's nothing in this world that comes easy. There are a lot of people who aren't going to bother to win. We learn in football to get up and go once more.

Bother, Easy, Football, Motivational, Winning

A good general always makes you search for his weaknesses.

General, Good, Search, Weakness, Weaknesses

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.

Basketball, Difference, Differences, Hours, Winning, World

You can outwork anybody. Try it, you will find out that you can do it.

Can Do, Outwork, Trying, You Can Do It

When you're winning - you don't need any friends. When you're losing - you don't have any friends anyway.

Anyway, Friends, Leadership, Losing, Sports, Winning

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.

Coach, Fire, Long, Player, Wavelength

You can never really pay back. You can only pay forward.

Back, Forward, Pay

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.

Ability, Coach, Lose, Men, Trouble, Years

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.

Dissension, Littles, Squad, Train, Way

The game of football is one of strategy and tactics.

Football, Game, Games, Strategy, Tactics

Statistics always remind me of fellow who drowned in a river where the average depth was only three feet.

Average, Drowned, Feet, Rivers, Three

I love football. I think it is most wonderful game in world and I despise to lose.

Football, Game, Games, Love, Thinking, Wonderful

The only meaningful statistic is number of games won.

Games, Meaningful, Number, Numbers, Won

Even the best team, without a sound plan, can't score.

Plan, Score, Sound, Team

They may outsmart me, or be luckier, but they can't outwork me.

Luckier, May, Outsmart, Outwork

Anything easy ain't worth a damn!

Damn, Easy, Worth

A man is always better than he thinks.

Coaching, Man, Men, Thinking, Thinks

I recruited a Czech kicker, and during the eye exam, when asked to read the bottom line, the kicker replied, Read it? I know him.

Bottom, College, Eye, Football, Kicker, Know

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

Attitude, Control, Leadership, Mental, Rules, Sports

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