“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. Maybe he’s better than three guys ahead of him, but I know those three won’t change their minds in the fourth quarter.”
And
“Breaks balance out. The sun don’t shine on the same ol’ dog’s rear end every day.”
And
“Football doesn’t build character. It eliminates the weak ones.”
And
“I learned this about coaching: You don’t have to explain victory and you can’t explain defeat.”
And
“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.”
And
“Once you cross the 50 you feel like an unsaddled horse.”
And
“Punt returns will kill you quicker than a minnow can swim a dipper.”
And
“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.”
And
“You’ve got to think lucky. If you fall into a mudhole, check your back pocket – you might have caught a fish.”
And
“You’ve got to be in a position for luck to happen. Luck doesn’t go around looking for a stumblebum.”
And
“On game day, I am more nervous than a pig in a packing plant.”
And
“There’s an old saying, ‘You dance with who brung ya.’”
And
“Really, it was said about two-thirds in jest. Since we won the Arkansas and Notre Dame games with fourth-down and short-yardage passes, another image has arisen. I’ve been pictured as a man who takes chances. Two stinkin’ plays, and I’m a helluva gambler.”
And
“Some of them are so green you could hide ‘em on top of a lettuce leaf.”
And
“He could run like small-town gossip.”
And
“Ol’ Ugly is better than Ol’ Nothing.”
And
“They’re gonna come after us with their eyes pulled up like BBs.”
And
“There was a hornet’s nest waiting for us in Houston, and we were walking into it like Little Red Riding Hood with jam on her face.”
And
“Winning coaches must treat mistakes like copperheads in the bedclothes – avoid them with all the energy you can muster.”
And
“The best thing a coach can hope for is to please the majority. And the only way to please the majority is to win.”
And
“I’m pretty thin-skinned. When they say, ‘Do you want some constructive criticism?’ I say, ‘No.’”
And
“It’s an in-the-trench battle. It’s meat on meat, flesh on flesh and stink on stink. And that’s the only way you can play it.”
And
“Trends are bunk. Only angry people win football games.”
And
“We don’t want candy stripes on our uniforms. These are work clothes.”
And
“He’s as quick as a hiccup.”
And
“He doesn’t have a lot of speed, but maybe Elizabeth Taylor can’t sing.”
And
“I didn’t want to stay until I had used up all the enjoyment because that’s too long to stay anywhere.”
And
“If worms carried pistols, birds wouldn’t eat ’em.”
Wikipedia: Darrell Royal
