Paralyze resistance with persistence.

- Woody Hayes

Because I couldn't go for three.

- Woody Hayes

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

- Woody Hayes

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

- 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 …

- Woody Hayes

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

- Woody Hayes

Perfect preparation prevents piss-poor performance.

- Woody Hayes

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…

- Woody Hayes

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

- Woody Hayes