Woody Hayes Quotes

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

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.

We do not pull in and fill up. And I'll tell you why we don't. It's because I don't buy one goddamn drop of gas in the state of Michigan. We'll coast and push this goddamn car to the Ohio line before I give this state a nickel of my money.

Because I couldn't go for three.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Perfect preparation prevents piss-poor performance.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Paralyze resistance with persistence.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

Anything easy ain't worth a damn!

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.

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

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

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

The only meaningful statistic is number of games won.

A man is always better than he thinks.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Indomitable in victory, insufferable in defeat.

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

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

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

Without winners, there would be no civilization.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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