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I knew that when I resigned from the University of Texas that I would never coach again.
Darrell Royal
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Darrell Royal
Age: 88 †
Born: 1924
Born: July 6
Died: 2012
Died: November 7
American Football Player
Football Player
Hollis
Oklahoma
Darrell K Royal
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Texas
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Resigned
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The Texas-OU game is a big revenue bear. And because it's played at a neutral site, you don't have as many student body going as you would if it was home-and-home. These are full-price tickets.
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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.
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We live one day at a time and scratch where it itches.
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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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Old ugly is better than old nothin'
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Don't matter what they throw at us. Only angry people win football games.
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Football doesn't build character. It eliminates the weak ones.
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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.
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Winning coaches must treat mistakes like copperheads in the bedclothes - avoid them with all the energy you can muster.
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If worms carried pistols, birds wouldn't eat 'em.
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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 enjoy traveling and playing some of the well-known courses sometimes, but basically, I have a good time at Barton Creek.
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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.
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He's as quick as a hiccup.
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There is no such thing as defeat except when it comes from within. As long as a person doesn't admit he is defeated, he is not defeated-he's just a little behind and isn't through fighting.
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I don't have the proudest moment in football.
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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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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 quit when I was 52, and everybody was telling me that I was too young and I'd be bored - all of those things.
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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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