Darrell Royal Quotes

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• 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…
• I learned this about coaching: You don't have to explain victory and you can't explain defeat.
• Football doesn't build character. It eliminates the weak ones.
• 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.
• I try not to make the same mistakes today that I made yesterday.
• 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…
• You never lose a game if the opponent doesn't score.
• There are always going to be people who run faster, jump higher, dive deeper, and come up drier.
• The only place you can win a football game is on the field, the only place you can lose it is in your hearts.
• Three things can happen when you throw the ball, and two of them are bad.
• They cut us up like boarding house pie. And that's real small pieces.
• We live one day at a time and scratch where it itches.
• Dance with the one who brung ya.
• He's as quick as a hiccup.
• We're as average as everyday's wash.
• On game day, I'm as nervous as a pig in a packing plant.
• Potential just means you ain't done it yet.
• I'm still healthy as can be.
• Don't matter what they throw at us. Only angry people win football games.

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