Darrell Royal Quotes

Darrell Royal — American Coach

Darrell K Royal was 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 the Canadian Football League for one season in 1953. He never had a losing season as a head coach for his entire career. Royal played football at the University of Oklahoma from 1946 to 1949. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1983. Darrell K Royal – Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas, where the Longhorns play their home games, was renamed in his honor in 1996... (wikipedia)

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

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

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

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

You've got to think lucky. If you fall into a mudhole, check your back pocket - you might have caught a fish.