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

- Darrell Royal

Birds, Eat, Carried, Worms

He's not very fast, but maybe Elizabeth Taylor can't sing.

- Darrell Royal

Very, Elizabeth, Taylor, None

I know that the odds are against a marriage lasting 60 years.

- Darrell Royal

Marriage, Know, Against, Odds

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

- Darrell Royal

Yesterday, Same, Made, Same Mistakes

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.

- Darrell Royal

New, Year, More, Group

All the white meat is gone. There's nothin' but necks on the platter.

- Darrell Royal

Meat, White, Platter, Nothin

I do not let a bad score ruin my enjoyment for golf.

- Darrell Royal

Golf, Enjoyment, Score, Ruin

I knew that when I resigned from the University of Texas that I would never coach again.

- Darrell Royal

Never, University, Would, Resigned

I'm not bored; I'm not a guy who has nothing to do.

- Darrell Royal

Nothing, Guy, Who, Bored

I never have planned a whole lot of future. It's one day at a time.

- Darrell Royal

Future, Never, Lot, One Day At A Time

If I were going to stay in coaching, I would have stayed right there because I was totally happy.

- Darrell Royal

Going, Would, Stayed, Coaching

I was still enjoying coaching, but there was a repetitious manner about it.

- Darrell Royal

Still, About, Manner, Coaching

I learned this about coaching: You don't have to explain victory and you can't explain defeat.

- Darrell Royal

Defeat, Explain, Learned, Coaching

Sometimes you have to suck it up and call a number.

- Darrell Royal

Sometimes, Number, Call, Suck

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

- Darrell Royal

Play, Till, Waits, October

You've got to think lucky. If you fall into a mudhole, check your back pocket - you might have caught a fish.

- Darrell Royal

Lucky, Saint Patrick's Day, Pocket

When I was a freshman at Oklahoma in 1946, the game was sold out - and it's been sold out ever since.

- Darrell Royal

Freshman, Sold, Ever, Oklahoma

If everything had already been done, there would be nothing left for young people to accomplish. There are always going to be people who run faster, jump higher, dive deeper, and come up drier.

- Darrell Royal

Young, Been, Had, Higher

Punt returns will kill you quicker than a minnow can swim a dipper.

- Darrell Royal

Will, Than, Quicker, Returns

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

- Darrell Royal

Sun, Every Day, Breaks, Rear

But I do have time to pencil in golf, and we've got four excellent courses.

- Darrell Royal

Golf, Excellent, Courses, Pencil

I had hoped God would be neutral.

- Darrell Royal

Had, Would, Hoped, Neutral

I have found that the players who have played in that game really do have respect for their adversaries.

- Darrell Royal

Game, Found, Players, Adversaries

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

- Darrell Royal

Games, Only, Throw, Football Games

I've enjoyed my retirement.

- Darrell Royal

Retirement, Enjoyed

I try not to play two days in succession. I usually try to space it so I have a day in between.

- Darrell Royal

Play, Try, Days, Succession

I move around and play different golf courses. I just enjoy it.

- Darrell Royal

Play, Move, Courses, Golf Courses

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.

- Darrell Royal

Texas, University, Assistant, Coach

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

- Darrell Royal

Character, Weak, Build, Football

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

- Darrell Royal

Game, Never, Score, Opponent

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