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
I don't count on the boy who waits till October, when it's cool and fun, then decides he wants to play.
You never lose a game if the opponent doesn't score.
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.
People were concerned about Vince's throwing motion. He's completed enough passes that I don't hear that anymore. He's got a strong arm. He can throw the deep pass without too much stepping forward.
People want to talk about the national championship, but there's a whole season left to play, that's getting the cart before the horse. There's lots of things that have to fall into place for that to happen.
There's lots of teams around the country Texas has never played, ... They just never played. There's no real reason to it.
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.