Darrell Royal
Darrell Royal
Darrell K Royalwas an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at Mississippi State University, the University of Washington, and the University of Texas at Austin, compiling a career college football record of 184–60–5. In his 20 seasons at Texas, Royal's teams won three national championships, 11 Southwest Conference titles, and amassed a record of 167–47–5. He won more games than any other coach in Texas Longhorns football history. Royal also coached the Edmonton Eskimos of...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth6 July 1924
CityHollis, OK
CountryUnited States of America
I feel like this hurts us and works to the advantage of Notre Dame, ... I think our problem for our fans, is to keep their feet on the ground. Like the old saying, 'A little perfume doesn't hurt you if you don't drink it.'
We've had some good contests in the last year; at the Rose Bowl, and up there in Columbus, that's about as big as it gets.
The good news is there's 17 million people who care about Texas football. The bad news is there's 17 million people who care about Texas football.
He's not very fast, but maybe Elizabeth Taylor can't sing.
Punt returns will kill you quicker than a minnow can swim a dipper.
Sometimes you have to suck it up and call a number.
Breaks balance out. The sun don't shine on the same ol' dog's rear end every day.
If I were going to stay in coaching, I would have stayed right there because I was totally happy.
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.
Three things can happen when you pass and two of 'em are bad.
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.
Both teams had chances to win, ... It finished in a tie, and it probably should have finished in a tie.
Football doesn't build character. It eliminates weak ones.
That's the game everybody still talks about. Even after all this time. It would be nice to win one again.