Darrell Royal Quotes

“I do not let a bad score ruin my enjoyment for golf.”

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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.

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“I never have planned a whole lot of future. It's one day at a time.”

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“You've got to think lucky. If you fall into a mudhole, check your back pocket - you might have caught a fish.”

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I learned this about coaching: You don't have to explain victory and you can't explain defeat.

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“Three things can happen when you pass and two of 'em are bad.”

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“If I were going to stay in coaching, I would have stayed right there because I was totally happy.”

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“Football doesn't build character. It eliminates the weak ones.”

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“I don't count on the boy who waits till October, when it's cool and fun, then decides he wants to play.”

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“I knew that when I resigned from the University of Texas that I would never coach again.”

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“I'm still healthy as can be.”

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“Breaks balance out. The sun don't shine on the same ol' dog's rear end every day.”

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“I try not to make the same mistakes today that I made yesterday.”

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Don't matter what they throw at us. Only angry people win football games.

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“Punt returns will kill you quicker than a minnow can swim a dipper.”

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All the white meat is gone. There's nothin' but necks on the platter.

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“But I do have time to pencil in golf, and we've got four excellent courses.”

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He's not very fast, but maybe Elizabeth Taylor can't sing.

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“I know that the odds are against a marriage lasting 60 years.”

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“When I was a freshman at Oklahoma in 1946, the game was sold out - and it's been sold out ever since.”

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“I try not to play two days in succession. I usually try to space it so I have a day in between.”

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“I had hoped God would be neutral.”

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“I move around and play different golf courses. I just enjoy it.”

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“I used to care more about the score than I do now.”

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I was still enjoying coaching, but there was a repetitious manner about it.

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“I'm not bored; I'm not a guy who has nothing to do.”

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“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.”

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“The only place you can win a football game is on the field, the only place you can lose it is in your hearts.”

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“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.”

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“The real make of a man is how he treats people who can do nothing for him.”

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“Dance with the one who brung ya.”

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“Three things can happen when you throw the ball, and two of them are bad.”

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The coach is the team, and the team is the coach. You reflect each other.

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“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.”

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“I don't have the proudest moment in football.”

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As far as I'm concerned, everything's ham and jam.

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“Coaching at Texas and playing at the University of Oklahoma, I had the opportunity to see a lot of guys in Texas - Texas lettermen - who I played against.”

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“For one thing, I like to walk when I play golf. Now I don't walk the whole way, but I try not to be the driver when in a cart.”

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“Once you cross the 50 you feel like an unsaddled horse.”

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“Winning coaches must treat mistakes like copperheads in the bedclothes - avoid them with all the energy you can muster.”

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“We're as average as everyday's wash.”

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“He's as quick as a hiccup.”

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“We live one day at a time and scratch where it itches.”

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“On game day, I'm as nervous as a pig in a packing plant.”

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“Potential just means you ain't done it yet.”

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My wife, Edith, and I both have good health - and she's been very tolerant.

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“The Texas-OU game is a big revenue bear. And because it's played at a neutral site, you don't have as many student body going as you would if it was home-and-home. These are full-price tickets.”

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“We don't want any candy stripes on our uniforms. These are work clothes.”

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“He looks like he needs worming.”

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“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.”

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