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Darrell Royal
American
Coach
About the author
If worms carried pistols, birds wouldn't eat 'em.
Darrell Royal,
American
Coach
#Birds
If I were going to stay in coaching, I would have stayed right there because I was totally happy.
Darrell Royal,
American
Coach
#Right
#Coaching
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,
American
Coach
#People
#Nothing
I've enjoyed my retirement.
Darrell Royal,
American
Coach
#Retirement
I was in a profession that received a lot of media.
Darrell Royal,
American
Coach
#Media
#Profession
I'm not bored; I'm not a guy who has nothing to do.
Darrell Royal,
American
Coach
#Nothing
I was still enjoying coaching, but there was a repetitious manner about it.
Darrell Royal,
American
Coach
#Coaching
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.
Darrell Royal,
American
Coach
#Coach
#Nothing
#Football
I'm still healthy as can be.
Darrell Royal,
American
Coach
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
Darrell Royal,
American
Coach
#Opportunity
#Preparation
#Luck
Punt returns will kill you quicker than a minnow can swim a dipper.
Darrell Royal,
American
Coach
#Will
Sometimes you have to suck it up and call a number.
Darrell Royal,
American
Coach
The only thing that would change would be the year, the names. It just got to be a repetitious life.
Darrell Royal,
American
Coach
#Life
#Change
#Names
When I was a freshman at Oklahoma in 1946, the game was sold out - and it's been sold out ever since.
Darrell Royal,
American
Coach
You never lose a game if the opponent doesn't score.
Darrell Royal,
American
Coach
You've got to think lucky. If you fall into a mudhole, check your back pocket - you might have caught a fish.
Darrell Royal,
American
Coach
#Fish
All the white meat is gone. There's nothin' but necks on the platter.
Darrell Royal,
American
Coach
I used to care more about the score than I do now.
Darrell Royal,
American
Coach
#Now
#Care
Three things can happen when you pass and two of 'em are bad.
Darrell Royal,
American
Coach
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,
American
Coach
#Coach
#Time
#Years
#First
#Experience
#University
Breaks balance out. The sun don't shine on the same ol' dog's rear end every day.
Darrell Royal,
American
Coach
#Day
#End
#Balance
#Sun
But I do have time to pencil in golf, and we've got four excellent courses.
Darrell Royal,
American
Coach
#Time
#Golf
Football doesn't build character. It eliminates the weak ones.
Darrell Royal,
American
Coach
#Character
#Football
I try not to play two days in succession. I usually try to space it so I have a day in between.
Darrell Royal,
American
Coach
#Day
#Play
#Space
He's not very fast, but maybe Elizabeth Taylor can't sing.
Darrell Royal,
American
Coach
I didn't want to stay until I had used up all the enjoyment because that's too long to stay anywhere.
Darrell Royal,
American
Coach
#Want
#Enjoyment
I do not let a bad score ruin my enjoyment for golf.
Darrell Royal,
American
Coach
#Golf
#Ruin
#Enjoyment
I don't count on the boy who waits till October, when it's cool and fun, then decides he wants to play.
Darrell Royal,
American
Coach
#Fun
#Play
#October
I really don't have a favorite course. I usually ask where there are the least players.
Darrell Royal,
American
Coach
#Favorite
I have found that the players who have played in that game really do have respect for their adversaries.
Darrell Royal,
American
Coach
#Respect
I knew that when I resigned from the University of Texas that I would never coach again.
Darrell Royal,
American
Coach
#Coach
#University
I know that the odds are against a marriage lasting 60 years.
Darrell Royal,
American
Coach
#Years
#Marriage
I learned this about coaching: You don't have to explain victory and you can't explain defeat.
Darrell Royal,
American
Coach
#Defeat
#Victory
I move around and play different golf courses. I just enjoy it.
Darrell Royal,
American
Coach
#Play
#Golf
I never have planned a whole lot of future. It's one day at a time.
Darrell Royal,
American
Coach
#Time
#Day
#Future
I try not to make the same mistakes today that I made yesterday.
Darrell Royal,
American
Coach
#Today
#Mistakes
#Yesterday
Don't matter what they throw at us. Only angry people win football games.
Darrell Royal,
American
Coach
#People
#Games
#Football
I had hoped God would be neutral.
Darrell Royal,
American
Coach
#God