Darrell Royal Quotes

"If I were going to stay in coaching, I would have stayed right there because I was totally happy."
- Darrell Royal
(Related: Coaching, Right)

"If everything had already been done, there would be nothing left for young people to accomplish. There are always going to be people who run faster, jump higher, dive deeper, and come up drier."
- Darrell Royal
(Related: People, Nothing)

"I've enjoyed my retirement."
- Darrell Royal
(Related: Retirement)

"I was in a profession that received a lot of media."
- Darrell Royal
(Related: Media, Profession)

"I'm not bored; I'm not a guy who has nothing to do."
- Darrell Royal
(Related: Nothing)

"I was still enjoying coaching, but there was a repetitious manner about it."
- Darrell Royal
(Related: Coaching)

"You know, a football coach is nothing more than a teacher. You teach them the same subject, and you have a group of new guys every year."
- Darrell Royal
(Related: Coach, Football, Nothing)

"I'm still healthy as can be."
- Darrell Royal

"Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity."
- Darrell Royal
(Related: Opportunity, Luck, Preparation)

"Punt returns will kill you quicker than a minnow can swim a dipper."
- Darrell Royal
(Related: Will)

"Sometimes you have to suck it up and call a number."
- Darrell Royal

"The only thing that would change would be the year, the names. It just got to be a repetitious life."
- Darrell Royal
(Related: Change, Life, Names)

"When I was a freshman at Oklahoma in 1946, the game was sold out - and it's been sold out ever since."
- Darrell Royal

"You never lose a game if the opponent doesn't score."
- Darrell Royal

"You've got to think lucky. If you fall into a mudhole, check your back pocket - you might have caught a fish."
- Darrell Royal
(Related: Fish)

"All the white meat is gone. There's nothin' but necks on the platter."
- Darrell Royal

"I used to care more about the score than I do now."
- Darrell Royal
(Related: Care, Now)

"Three things can happen when you pass and two of 'em are bad."
- Darrell Royal

"For me, it is just the total experience - from the time I first started as an assistant coach until I wound up at the University of Texas for 20 years."
- Darrell Royal
(Related: Experience, Time, Coach, First, University, Years)

"Breaks balance out. The sun don't shine on the same ol' dog's rear end every day."
- Darrell Royal
(Related: Balance, Day, End, Sun)

"But I do have time to pencil in golf, and we've got four excellent courses."
- Darrell Royal
(Related: Time, Golf)

"Football doesn't build character. It eliminates the weak ones."
- Darrell Royal
(Related: Character, Football)

"I try not to play two days in succession. I usually try to space it so I have a day in between."
- Darrell Royal
(Related: Day, Play, Space)

"He's not very fast, but maybe Elizabeth Taylor can't sing."
- Darrell Royal

"I didn't want to stay until I had used up all the enjoyment because that's too long to stay anywhere."
- Darrell Royal
(Related: Enjoyment, Want)

"I do not let a bad score ruin my enjoyment for golf."
- Darrell Royal
(Related: Enjoyment, Golf, Ruin)

"I don't count on the boy who waits till October, when it's cool and fun, then decides he wants to play."
- Darrell Royal
(Related: Fun, October, Play)

"I really don't have a favorite course. I usually ask where there are the least players."
- Darrell Royal
(Related: Favorite)

"I have found that the players who have played in that game really do have respect for their adversaries."
- Darrell Royal
(Related: Respect)

"I knew that when I resigned from the University of Texas that I would never coach again."
- Darrell Royal
(Related: Coach, University)

"I know that the odds are against a marriage lasting 60 years."
- Darrell Royal
(Related: Marriage, Years)

"I learned this about coaching: You don't have to explain victory and you can't explain defeat."
- Darrell Royal
(Related: Victory, Defeat)

"I move around and play different golf courses. I just enjoy it."
- Darrell Royal
(Related: Golf, Play)

"I never have planned a whole lot of future. It's one day at a time."
- Darrell Royal
(Related: Time, Day, Future)

"I try not to make the same mistakes today that I made yesterday."
- Darrell Royal
(Related: Mistakes, Today, Yesterday)

"Don't matter what they throw at us. Only angry people win football games."
- Darrell Royal
(Related: People, Football, Games)

"I had hoped God would be neutral."
- Darrell Royal
(Related: God)