Darrell Royal Quotes

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• The only place you can win a football game is on the field, the only place you can lose it is in your hearts.

  Darrell Royal

  Motivational, Sports, Football

  Darrell Royal, Robert Heard (1976). “Dance with who Brung Us: Quips and Quotes from Darrell Royal”

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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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  Fighting, Long, Littles

  Darrell Royal, Robert Heard (1976). “Dance with who Brung Us: Quips and Quotes from Darrell Royal”

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• The real make of a man is how he treats people who can do nothing for him.

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  Real, Men, People

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• Football doesn't build character. It eliminates the weak ones.

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  Leadership, Sports, Football

  "Ex-Texas coach Royal dies at age 88", www.sfgate.com. November 7, 2012.

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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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  Fall, Thinking, Lakes

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• Dance with the one who brung ya.

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  Football, College, Nfl

  Darrell Royal, Robert Heard (1976). “Dance with who Brung Us: Quips and Quotes from Darrell Royal”

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• Potential just means you ain't done it yet.

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  Mean, Done

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• Three things can happen when you throw the ball, and two of them are bad.

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  Football, College, Two

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• Old ugly is better than old nothin'

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  Ugly

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• Breaks balance out. The sun don't shine on the same ol' dog's ass every day.

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  Dog, Work, Shine On

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• The coach is the team, and the team is the coach. You reflect each other.

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  Motivational, Sports, Team

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• I try not to make the same mistakes today that I made yesterday.

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  Motivational, Sports, Mistake

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• You never lose a game if the opponent doesn't score.

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  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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• If worms carried pistols, birds wouldn't eat 'em.

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  Bird, Ems, Pistols

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

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  Football, College, Pigs

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

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  Clothes, Stripes, Want

  Darrell Royal, Robert Heard (1976). “Dance with who Brung Us: Quips and Quotes from Darrell Royal”

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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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  Luck, Position, Happens

  Darrell Royal, Robert Heard (1976). “Dance with who Brung Us: Quips and Quotes from Darrell Royal”

  13 Copy quote

• 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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  Motivational, Sports, Fun

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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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  Motivational, Coaching, Victory

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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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  Motivational, Sports, Spring

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

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  Sports, Football, Winning

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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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  Motivational, Sports, Football

  15 Copy quote

• They cut us up like boarding house pie. And that's real small pieces.

  Darrell Royal

  Football, Real, Cutting

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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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  Inspirational, Sports, Athlete

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• There are always going to be people who run faster, jump higher, dive deeper, and come up drier.

  Darrell Royal

  Motivational, Sports, Running

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