97 Quotes by Woody Hayes

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.

Perfect preparation prevents piss-poor performance.

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

Because I couldn't go for three.

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.

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.

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.

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.

They may outsmart me, or be luckier, but they can’t outwork me.