Woody Hayes famous quotes

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.
-- Woody Hayes

#Football #Winning #People

Paralyze resistance with persistence.
-- Woody Hayes

#Perseverance #Failure #Adversity

I've had smarter people around me all my life, but I haven't run into one yet that can outwork me. And if they can't outwork you, then smarts aren't going to do them much good.
-- Woody Hayes

#Running #Smart #People

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

#Football #Motivational Sports #College

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

#Average #Rivers #Feet

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

#Beach #Winning #Ohio

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

#Football #Country #Play

You can never really pay back. You can only pay forward.
-- Woody Hayes

#Pay

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

#Football #Team #Believe

A man is always better than he thinks.
-- Woody Hayes

#Thinking #Men #Coaching

Anything easy ain't worth a damn!
-- Woody Hayes

#Easy

Perfect preparation prevents piss-poor performance.
-- Woody Hayes

#Perfect #Preparation #Poor

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

#Basketball #Character #Men

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

#Leadership #Sports #Winning

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

#Pay #Done #Chance

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

#Character #Boys #Needs

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.
-- Woody Hayes

#Basketball #Winning #Differences

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

#Graduation #Football #Player

Without winners, there would be no civilization.
-- Woody Hayes

#Civilization #Would Be #Winner

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

#Thinking #Winner #Minutes

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

#Men #Years #Trouble

I am not very smart, but I recognize that I am not very smart.
-- Woody Hayes

#Smart #Very Smart

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

#Football #Deceptive

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

#People #May #Able

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

#Football #Mistake #Games

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

#Kids #Men #Giving

I've had smarter people around me all my life, but I haven't run into one yet that can outwork me. And if they can't outwork you, then smarts aren't going to do them much good. That's just the way it is. And if you believe that and live by it, you'd be surprised at how much fun you can have. “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

#Running #Fun #Smart

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

#Army #Men #Winning

I don't like nice people. I like tough, honest people.
-- Woody Hayes

#Nice #People #Tough

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

#Trying #You Can Do It

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

#Trying #Pay #Should

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

#Football #Two #Games

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

#Player #Fire #Long

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

#Football #Player #Faces

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

#Men #Effort #Matter

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

#Football #Winning #Games

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.
-- Woody Hayes

#Football #Eye #College

The game of football is one of strategy and tactics.
-- Woody Hayes

#Football #Games #Tactics

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

#Team #Sound #Score

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

#May

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

#Football #Jail #Way

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

#Fun #Games #Rewards

A good general always makes you search for his weaknesses.
-- Woody Hayes

#Weakness

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.
-- Woody Hayes

#Squad #Littles #Way

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

#Football #Morning #College

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.
-- Woody Hayes

#Mistake #Taken #Men

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

#Football #Thinking #Games

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

#Winning #Hell #Exciting

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

#World #Easy #This World

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.
-- Woody Hayes

#Running #Hurt #Dust

The only meaningful statistic is number of games won.
-- Woody Hayes

#Meaningful #Games #Numbers

Because I couldn't go for three.
-- Woody Hayes

#Three

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

#Civilization #Winner

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

#Leadership #Sports #Attitude