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Famous Darrell Royal Quotes
“I knew that when I resigned from the University of Texas that I would never coach again.”
“But I do have time to pencil in golf, and we've got four excellent courses.”
“I move around and play different golf courses. I just enjoy it.”
“I try not to play two days in succession. I usually try to space it so I have a day in between.”
“I was still enjoying coaching, but there was a repetitious manner about it.”
“I really don't have a favorite course. I usually ask where there are the least players.”
“My wife, Edith, and I both have good health - and she's been very tolerant.”
“We don't want any candy stripes on our uniforms. These are work clothes.”
“I learned this about coaching: You don't have to explain victory and you can't explain defeat.”
“Football doesn't build character. It eliminates the weak ones.”
“There are always going to be people who run faster, jump higher, dive deeper, and come up drier.”
“I try not to make the same mistakes today that I made yesterday.”
“Three things can happen when you throw the ball, and two of them are bad.”
“They cut us up like boarding house pie. And that's real small pieces.”
“We live one day at a time and scratch where it itches.”
“Dance with the one who brung ya.”
“We're as average as everyday's wash.”
“Don't matter what they throw at us. Only angry people win football games.”
“The coach is the team, and the team is the coach. You reflect each other.”
“The real make of a man is how he treats people who can do nothing for him.”
“All the white meat is gone. There's nothin' but necks on the platter.”
