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
The only place you can win a football game is on the field, the only place you can lose it is in your hearts.
Football doesn't build character. It eliminates the weak ones.
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.
I learned this about coaching: You don't have to explain victory and you can't explain defeat.
Breaks balance out. The sun don't shine on the same ol' dog's ass every day.
Three things can happen when you throw the ball, and two of them are bad.
When I was a freshman at Oklahoma in 1946, the game was sold out - and it's been sold out ever since.
The coach is the team, and the team is the coach. You reflect each other.
I used to care more about the score than I do now.
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.
Three things can happen when you pass and two of 'em are bad.
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.
If I were going to stay in coaching, I would have stayed right there because I was totally happy.
Breaks balance out. The sun don't shine on the same ol' dog's rear end every day.