Woody Hayes
Woody Hayes
Wayne Woodrow "Woody" Hayeswas an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at Denison University, Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and Ohio State University, compiling a career college football record of 238 wins, 72 losses, and 10 ties...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth14 February 1913
CityClifton, OH
CountryUnited States of America
leadership sports attitude
We control by attitudes-positive mental attitudes-not by rules.
thinking men coaching
A man is always better than he thinks.
pay done chance
You don't get many chances to pay back what's been done for you. Take them.
football deceptive courses
The most deceptive course in football is straight at the goalposts.
trying can-do you-can-do-it
You can outwork anybody. Try it, you will find out that you can do it.
football games tactics-and-strategy
The game of football is one of strategy and tactics.
nice people tough
I don't like nice people. I like tough, honest people.
smart very-smart
I am not very smart, but I recognize that I am not very smart.
basketball character men
Picking an assistant coach, the first thing I was interested in was the man's character.
trying pay should
You can never pay back, so you should always try to pay forward.
football team believe
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.
squad littles way
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 mistake games
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.
civilization would-be winner
Without winners, there would be no civilization.