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
Football doesn't build character. It eliminates weak ones.
I don't have the proudest moment in football.
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.
Don't matter what they throw at us. Only angry people win football games.
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.
They cut us up like boarding house pie. And that's real small pieces.
Three things can happen when you throw the ball, and two of them are bad.
Dance with the one who brung ya.
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.
It was the right call and I don't know how a Super Bowl could have been more meaningful.