Darrell Royal
Darrell Royal
Darrell K Royalwas an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at Mississippi State University, the University of Washington, and the University of Texas at Austin, compiling a career college football record of 184–60–5. In his 20 seasons at Texas, Royal's teams won three national championships, 11 Southwest Conference titles, and amassed a record of 167–47–5. He won more games than any other coach in Texas Longhorns football history. Royal also coached the Edmonton Eskimos of...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth6 July 1924
CityHollis, OK
CountryUnited States of America
He's not very fast, but maybe Elizabeth Taylor can't sing.
I used to care more about the score than I do now.
We were so elated about winning the big game, and to have the President of the United States (Richard Nixon) come into your locker room ? if you're not impressed with that, hoss, you just can't be impressed.
Punt returns will kill you quicker than a minnow can swim a dipper.
Sometimes you have to suck it up and call a number.
Breaks balance out. The sun don't shine on the same ol' dog's rear end every day.
If I were going to stay in coaching, I would have stayed right there because I was totally happy.
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.
Three things can happen when you pass and two of 'em are bad.
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.
I move around and play different golf courses. I just enjoy it.
But I do have time to pencil in golf, and we've got four excellent courses.
I enjoy traveling and playing some of the well-known courses sometimes, but basically, I have a good time at Barton Creek.
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.