Darrell Royal Quotes

It has really filled a big space, especially since I have been so-called retired - although I haven't noticed my schedule slacking at all.

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

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

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

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

He's as quick as a hiccup.

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

Potential just means you ain't done it yet.

We're as average as everyday's wash.

I quit when I was 52, and everybody was telling me that I was too young and I'd be bored - all of those things.

I'm still healthy as can be.

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.

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

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

Dance with the one who brung ya.

He looks like he needs worming.

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.

You've got to be in a position for luck to happen. Luck doesn't go around looking for a stumblebum.

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

I had hoped God would be neutral.

Breaks balance out. The sun don't shine on the same ol' dog's ass every day.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

I don't have the proudest moment in football.

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

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

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

I've enjoyed my retirement.

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.

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

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

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

They cut us up like boarding house pie. And that's real small pieces.

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.

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

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

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

I enjoy traveling and playing some of the well-known courses sometimes, but basically, I have a good time at Barton Creek.

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

If worms carried pistols, birds wouldn't eat 'em.

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

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