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
men years trouble
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.
thinking men coaching
A man is always better than he thinks.
basketball character men
Picking an assistant coach, the first thing I was interested in was the man's character.
army winning men
Winners are men who have dedicated their whole lives to winning.
kids men giving
Any time you give a man something he doesn't earn, you cheapen him. Our kids earn what they get, and that includes respect.
mistake taken men
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.
men feet hard
Jack Tatum could hit a man so hard that it would lift both his feet off the ground.
men effort matter
It does not matter the size of the man, rather the amount of effort the man is willing to put forth
american-coach success
Success - it's what you do with what you've got.
Nothing that comes easy is worth a dime.
bad expect opener passing sort
That was about as bad an opener as we have ever played. When you get into the passing game, you can expect that sort of thing to happen.
success
Success - it 's what you do with what you've got.
felt kids national
I just felt that we had to do it this year. All those national championships and all the kids he touched, I just felt it was kind of the right thing to do.
football player faces
I never saw a football player make a tackle with a smile on his face.