player and coach. He served as the head coach at Denison University
(1946–1948), Miami University
(1949–1950), and Ohio State University
(1951–1978), compiling a career college football
record of 238–72–10.
During his 28 seasons as the head coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes football
program, Hayes's teams won three national championships
(1954, 1957, 1968), captured 13 Big Ten Conference
titles, and amassed a record of 205–61–10.
"There is a force that makes us all brother, none gose his way alone, all the we send into the life of other comes back unto a own.
"You can never really pay back. You can only pay forward."
"A guy from Ohio can make it in life if he works hard enough."
"You win with people."
"Paralyze resistance with persistence."
"There are three things that can happen when you throw a pass, and two of them are bad." This quote is often attributed to Hayes, but some contend General Robert Neyland of the Tennessee Volunteers|University of Tennessee or Darrell Royal of the Texas Longhorns|University of Texas was the source. Darrell Royal gives the credit to Woody Hayes as being the source of the quote.
"I never saw a football player make a tackle with a smile on his face."
"Discipline is 95 percent anticipation."
"Without winners, there wouldn't even be any god damned civilization."
"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."