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
There is no such thing as defeat except when it comes from within. As long as a person doesn't admit he is defeated, he is not defeated-he's just a little behind and isn't through fighting.
The real make of a man is how he treats people who can do nothing for him.
You've got to think lucky. If you fall into a mudhole, check your back pocket - you might have caught a fish
Football doesn't build character. It eliminates the weak ones.
The only place you can win a football game is on the field, the only place you can lose it is in your hearts.
You'd think it ought to be every other year that one team wins in this series. But that's not the way it's worked out. Not in my time. Not as a player, not as a coach.
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.
Both teams had chances to win, ... It finished in a tie, and it probably should have finished in a tie.
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.
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.