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I don't have the proudest moment in football.

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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
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Proudest
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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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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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We're as average as everyday's wash.
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They cut us up like boarding house pie. And that's real small pieces.
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He looks like he needs worming.
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Football doesn't build character. It eliminates the weak ones.
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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.
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If worms carried pistols, birds wouldn't eat 'em.
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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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I was still enjoying coaching, but there was a repetitious manner about it.
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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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There are always going to be people who run faster, jump higher, dive deeper, and come up drier.
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I do not let a bad score ruin my enjoyment for golf.
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But I do have time to pencil in golf, and we've got four excellent courses.
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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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Don't matter what they throw at us. Only angry people win football games.
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I had hoped God would be neutral.
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He's as quick as a hiccup.
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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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Winning coaches must treat mistakes like copperheads in the bedclothes - avoid them with all the energy you can muster.
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