Woody Hayes Quotes

Look for players with character and ability. But remember, character comes first.

In the end, leaders are defined by the convictions they hold.

Character is higher than intellect. Thinking is the function; living is the functionary.

Talent sets the floor, character sets the ceiling

The world loves talent but pays off on character.

Character in many ways is everything in leadership. It is made up of many things, but I would say character is really integrity.

If you want to be the best salesperson, first you must be the best person.

Great leaders have no need for reputation. Reputation is what you are in public. Character is who you are in private.

Rather a man with 50 per cent ability and 100 per cent character than a man with 100 per cent ability and 50 per cent character.

Ability may get you to the top, nut it takes chracter to keep you there - mental, moral, and physical.

To say America can have strong leadership without strong character is to say we can get water without the wet.

Effective leadership is the only competitive advantage that will endure. That's because leadership has two sides- what a person is character and what a person does- competence.

Our capacity for production and enjoyment is a function, in the last analysis, of our character, our integrity.

No man's religion ever survives his morals.

What I need to do is have a great positive attitude and a great work ethic. Those two things validate me. Yes, it's important that I have good numbers, and I'm well-respected as a player. But I think it's more important that I'm respected as a man.

In the worst of times the best among us never lose their moral compass, and that is how they emerge relatively unscathed.

If you can maintain that integrity in whatever you do, you can't go wrong. That's what I tell my kids, anyway.

Everything I do has a moral to it.

I think leadership is more than just being able to cross the t's and dot the i's. It's about character and integrity and work ethic.

Obviously you have to have talent in order to play so you can't overlook that, but we won't overlook the character issue when it comes to talent because if they have talent and they don't have character, it's going to be very difficult to coach that person.

At AT&T, I learned an awful lot about people, and how important it is to have the right people in the right jobs. And when I say 'right people,' I'm not talking about their college degree or work history; I'm talking about things like bearing - How does this person interact with other people? Can he or she talk to you and not tick you off?

We’re not defined simply by the laws we pass, but by the example we set.

Base thy life on principle, not on rules.

It is not true that people of high principle are ill-suited for politics.

A captain shouldn't be chosen on the amount of goals he's going to score.