139 Quotes by Darrell Royal


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    He's superb. Spectacular. Somebody said he runs with greased ease and I thought, 'What a perfect description of Vince Young.' It looks like his legs are greased, and his body is greased, and he's so fluid that he's just going to slip off the ones who are lucky enough to touch him.

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

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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 really don’t have a favorite course. I usually ask where there are the least players.

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