A biography for Darrell Royalhasn’t been written yet.
“But I do have time to pencil in golf, and we've got four excellent courses.”
“Breaks balance out. The sun don't shine on the same ol' dog's rear end every day.”
“All the white meat is gone. There's nothin' but necks on the platter.”
“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.”
“Sometimes you have to suck it up and call a number.”
“I didn't want to stay until I had used up all the enjoyment because that's too long to stay anywhere.”
“You've got to think lucky. If you fall into a mudhole, check your back pocket - you might have caught a fish.”
“If I were going to stay in coaching, I would have stayed right there because I was totally happy.”
“He's not very fast, but maybe Elizabeth Taylor can't sing.”
“I don't count on the boy who waits till October, when it's cool and fun, then decides he wants to play.”
“I have found that the players who have played in that game really do have respect for their adversaries.”
“I learned this about coaching: You don't have to explain victory and you can't explain defeat.”
“Three things can happen when you pass and two of 'em are bad.”
“I'm still healthy as can be.”
“If worms carried pistols, birds wouldn't eat 'em.”
“I've enjoyed my retirement.”
“I'm not bored; I'm not a guy who has nothing to do.”
“When I was a freshman at Oklahoma in 1946, the game was sold out - and it's been sold out ever since.”
“I never have planned a whole lot of future. It's one day at a time.”
“I used to care more about the score than I do now.”