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Quotes from Darrell Royal

The coach is the team, and the team is the coach. You reflect each other.
~ Darrell Royal
You never lose a game if the opponent doesn't score.
~ Darrell Royal
A boy shows how much he wants to play in the spring, when it's tough, and during two a days, when it's hot and tough.
~ Darrell Royal
Don't matter what they throw at us. Only angry people win football games.
~ Darrell Royal
The only thing that would change would be the year, the names. It just got to be a repetitious life.
~ Darrell Royal
I didn't want to stay until I had used up all the enjoyment because that's too long to stay anywhere.
~ Darrell Royal
All the white meat is gone. There's nothin' but necks on the platter.
~ Darrell Royal
For me, it is just the total experience - from the time I first started as an assistant coach until I wound up at the University of Texas for 20 years.
~ Darrell Royal
I was in a profession that received a lot of media.
~ Darrell Royal
I was still enjoying coaching, but there was a repetitious manner about it.
~ Darrell Royal
There are always going to be people who run faster, jump higher, dive deeper, and come up drier.
~ Darrell Royal
I do not let a bad score ruin my enjoyment for golf.
~ Darrell Royal
I move around and play different golf courses. I just enjoy it.
~ Darrell Royal
You've got to think lucky. If you fall into a mudhole, check your back pocket - you might have caught a fish.
~ Darrell Royal
Three things can happen when you pass and two of 'em are bad.
~ Darrell Royal
But I do have time to pencil in golf, and we've got four excellent courses.
~ Darrell Royal
We live one day at a time and scratch where it itches.
~ Darrell Royal
I never have planned a whole lot of future. It's one day at a time.
~ Darrell Royal
It's more fun when you shoot well and when you have a good score, but that's not a prerequisite to me for having a good time.
~ Darrell Royal
I enjoy traveling and playing some of the well-known courses sometimes, but basically, I have a good time at Barton Creek.
~ Darrell Royal
If worms carried pistols, birds wouldn't eat 'em.
~ Darrell Royal
If I were going to stay in coaching, I would have stayed right there because I was totally happy.
~ Darrell Royal
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.
~ Darrell Royal
The only place you can win a football game is on the field. The only place you can lose it is in your heart.
~ Darrell Royal