Quotes from Woody Hayes

Paralyze resistance with persistence.

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

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

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.

A good general always makes you search for his weaknesses.

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

The game of football is one of strategy and tactics.

My brother and I were still in high school playing football, and we were both middleweight, and we couldn't find anyone else to fight in our weight class, so we'd fight each other. I was a stand-up fighter, and Ike was a weaving type of fighter, and we fought that way out there at Cy Young's farm, and we put on quite a show.

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

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

A man is always better than he thinks.

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.

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

Nothing that comes easy is worth a dime.

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

I speak at a lot of banquets in small towns, because small towns have so many great people.

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

As the youngest, I don't think there was any doubt I was spoiled.

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.

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

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

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

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.