Hayes spoke from deep personal experience about resilience. His own career had ended in controversy when he was fired after punching an opposing player during the 1978 Gator Bowl — a fall from grace that would have destroyed many people. Yet Hayes had rebuilt his life, continued to mentor young people, and maintained his standing in the Ohio State community. The parenthetical acknowledgment — 'which is plenty often' — gave the advice its authenticity. Hayes was not offering the breezy optimism of someone who had never failed. He was speaking as someone who knew intimately what it felt like to be knocked down publicly and humiliatingly, and who had learned that the speed of your recovery matters more than the fact of your fall. The emphasis on getting up 'in a hurry' was pure Hayes: don't wallow, don't analyze, don't wait — move.