Woody Hayes Quotes

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

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

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

A good general always makes you search for his weaknesses.

Anything easy ain't worth a damn!

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

When I look in the mirror in the morning, I want to take a swing at me.

Any time you give a man something he doesn't earn, you cheapen him. Our kids earn what they get, and that includes respect.

Paralyze resistance with persistence.

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

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

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

It does not matter the size of the man, rather the amount of effort the man is willing to put forth

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

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

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

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

Without winners, there wouldn't even be any civilization.

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

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.

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.

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

I never saw a football player make a tackle with a smile on his face.

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.

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

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

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

Nothing that comes easy is worth a dime.

You don't get hurt running straight ahead ... three-yards-and-a-cloud-of-dust offense. I will pound you and pound you until you quit.

Nothing that comes easy in this world is worth a damn.

Success - it's what you do with what you've got.

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

The only meaningful statistic is number of games won.

The height of human desire is what wins, whether it's on Normandy Beach or in Ohio Stadium.

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

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

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.

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

The game of football is one of strategy and tactics.

You don't get many chances to pay back what's been done for you. Take them.

Because I couldn't go for three.

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

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

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

A man is always better than he thinks.

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

You win with people

Without winners, there would be no civilization.

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

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