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
On game day, I'm as nervous as a pig in a packing plant.
We live one day at a time and scratch where it itches.
He's as quick as a hiccup.
We're as average as everyday's wash.
Three things can happen when you throw the ball, and two of them are bad.
Dance with the one who brung ya.
It was the right call and I don't know how a Super Bowl could have been more meaningful.
Earl blocked a punt the one time I put him on that unit, and then I took him off.
I've lived in Texas 48 years now. Yes . . . I've been vaccinated and dipped.
Thank goodness we've progressed to where it's no longer a factor that Vince Young is black. It used to be a big thing.
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.
There's lots of teams around the country Texas has never played, ... They just never played. There's no real reason to it.
I think Oklahoma feels a little more passionate about the game, ... They're a smaller state, with only the Red River separating us from them.
I thought it was a great pep talk. I wanted to hug him.