139 Quotes by Darrell Royal

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    For me, it is just the total experience – from the time I first started as an assistant coach until I wound up at the University of Texas for 20 years.

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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 for me to maintain my friendships.

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    We don’t want any candy stripes on our uniforms. These are work clothes.

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

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    You’ve got to be in a position for luck to happen. Luck doesn’t go around looking for a stumblebum.

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    Don’t matter what they throw at us. Only angry people win football games.

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

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    On game day, I’m as nervous as a pig in a packing plant.

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