Inspirational Quotations

Inspirational Quotes by Darrell Royal (American Sportsperson)

Darrell K Royal was an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at Mississippi State University, the University of Washington, and the University of Texas, compiling a career college football record of 184–60–5. In his 20 seasons at Texas, Royal’s teams won three national championships, 11 Southwest Conference titles, and amassed a record of 167–47–5. He won more games than any other coach in Texas Longhorns football history. Royal also coached the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League for one season in 1953. He never had a losing season as a head coach for his entire career. Royal played football at the University of Oklahoma from 1946 to 1949. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1983. Darrell K Royal – Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas, where the Longhorns play their home games, was renamed in his honor in 1996.

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Breaks balance out. The sun don’t shine on the same old dog’s rear end every day.
Darrell Royal
Topics: Luck, Fortune

Football doesn’t build character. It eliminates weak ones.
Darrell Royal
Topics: Character, Football

You’ve got to be in a position for luck to happen. Luck doesn’t go around looking for a stumblebum.
Darrell Royal
Topics: Fortune, Luck

The only place you can win a football game is on the field. The only place you can lose it is in your head.
Darrell Royal

I do not let a bad score ruin my enjoyment for golf.
Darrell Royal
Topics: One liners, Enjoyment

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.
Darrell Royal
Topics: Perseverance, Resolve, Endurance

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