Darrell Royal Quotes
Quotations and aphorisms by Darrell Royal:
Three things can happen when you pass and two of 'em are bad.
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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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But I do have time to pencil in golf, and we've got four excellent courses.
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I was in a profession that received a lot of media.
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You never lose a game if the opponent doesn't score.
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Sometimes you have to suck it up and call a number.
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The only thing that would change would be the year, the names. It just got to be a repetitious life.
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I didn't want to stay until I had used up all the enjoyment because that's too long to stay anywhere.
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Punt returns will kill you quicker than a minnow can swim a dipper.
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If worms carried pistols, birds wouldn't eat 'em.
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I know that the odds are against a marriage lasting 60 years.
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I'm not bored; I'm not a guy who has nothing to do.
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I had hoped God would be neutral.
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I was still enjoying coaching, but there was a repetitious manner about it.
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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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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 used to care more about the score than I do now.
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Football doesn't build character. It eliminates the weak ones.
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I try not to make the same mistakes today that I made yesterday.
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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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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.
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I really don't have a favorite course. I usually ask where there are the least players.
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I'm still healthy as can be.
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He's not very fast, but maybe Elizabeth Taylor can't sing.
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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 have found that the players who have played in that game really do have respect for their adversaries.
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I move around and play different golf courses. I just enjoy it.
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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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I never have planned a whole lot of future. It's one day at a time.
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I've enjoyed my retirement.
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Don't matter what they throw at us. Only angry people win football games.
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I do not let a bad score ruin my enjoyment for golf.
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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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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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All the white meat is gone. There's nothin' but necks on the platter.
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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 learned this about coaching: You don't have to explain victory and you can't explain defeat.
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