Darrell Royal Quotes about Sports

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

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

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

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

You never lose a game if the opponent doesn't score.

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

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.

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.

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

The majority of people pull for the underdog. Heck, even your friends don't like you to be too successful. We've lost enough over the years for me to maintain my friendships.

There are always going to be people who run faster, jump higher, dive deeper, and come up drier.

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

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

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

I didn't want to stay until I had used up all the enjoyment because that's too long to stay anywhere.

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

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

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.

He looks like he needs worming.

The only thing that would change would be the year, the names. It just got to be a repetitious life.

I was in a profession that received a lot of media.

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

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

I have found that the players who have played in that game really do have respect for their adversaries.

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