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.
I used to care more about the score than I do now.
Amazing. There's just no other word for it. Amazing.
Alfred takes Darrell Royal down to the south end zone, tried to take him through the band and everything,'' Jack recalled.
I was contacted a couple of times. But I didn't go for the interview (either time).
He looked like he was going to score every time he touched the ball. They probably could have beaten us every time we played them.
I just enjoy being along for the ride.
I hope so, and I know Coach Brown hopes so.
I'm happy for Mack. No one can talk about him not winning a conference title anymore. And hopefully we'll be able to stop talking about how Texas hasn't won a national title since way back when.
He's superb. Spectacular. Somebody said he runs with greased ease and I thought, 'What a perfect description of Vince Young.' It looks like his legs are greased, and his body is greased, and he's so fluid that he's just going to slip off the ones who are lucky enough to touch him.