
My All-American
WOMAN:
Coach Royal, I'm CaseyAddison from the Daily Texan.
ROYAL:
Hello. Hey, sit down.- Sure. Sure.
Coach, I'm writing a story about
legendary Texas football players,
and you're a legend yourself.
Was I a player?
Why, yes.
You were a great football
player for the Oklahoma Sooners
in the late 1940s.
I'll be doggone.
I knew that.
(laughs)
three national championships.
Yes.
Texas had 30 All-American
players while you were coaching.
Which one had the greatest
impact on you and the program?
Freddie.
Freddie Steinmark.
I'm sorry, Coach,
but Freddie Steinmark
wasn't an All-American.
No.
But he was my All-American.
You see, a player's skills and
character are influenced years
before I ever meet 'em.
I gain the benefit from
all the other coaches
grit in their hearts.
MAN:
Rough Riders' creed:"I will play hard and clean,
and I will not be a quitter."
What's most important is courage.
It's not a disgrace to be beaten.
The greatest disgrace is to quit
or to turn yellow.
- You got that?
- ALL:
Yes, sir!- Let me hear it again.
- Yes, sir!
Now, get your butts out
there and practice hard.
Steinmark, stay here.
You did good last game.
You scored a lot of touchdowns.
But you would've done better
if you run in a straight line.
You get to the end zone quicker.
You zigzag too much.
My dad taught me to run that way.
When you play for your father's
team on Tuesdays and Fridays,
you can zigzag.
On Mondays and Saturdays,
you run a straight line.
- You got that?
- Yes, sir!
- Get out there.
- (whistle blows)
Wind sprints! Let's go!
WOMAN:
Oh, look. Sammywants some peas. Come on.
- You want a little pea?
- MAN:
Come on, Sammy.I want you to finish the
whole thing for me. Okay?
If you're gonna be a great player, you
gotta get some meat on those little bones.
How did my boy do at practice today?
I scored five touchdowns.
Six.
Our guy's gotta work a little
bit harder out there on the field
because he's always the smallest one.
- Isn't that right?
- I try as hard as I can.
What makes a winner is learning
that they can always try harder.
- Is that enough parmigiana?
- Yes, Mama.
Maybe a little bit more. Huh?
We gotta get you to Notre Dame.
That's right. Great
education and great football.
Give me a kiss. Huh? Come on.
That's my guy.
MAN:
When I took this job,they told me that you haven't
won a division championship
in 25 years.
Haven't beaten Lakewood in 15 years.
The pure and simple fact
is you all are pathetic.
But not for damn long.
We will beat Lakewood.
We will win the conference championship.
And we're not stopping there.
And anybody who doesn't
get on board with my plan
can move your sad, sorry ass out
of my eyesight now and forever!
Are there any questions? Good!
Now, we got a new kid here from California.
And he may be just what the
doctor ordered for this team.
rock a lot for us this season.
Any questions?
I didn't think so.
Now we prepare for war.
Out on the field! Now!
Now! Now! Not a minute to waste. (clapping)
Hey!
Let's go!
Go!
Let's go!
(stopwatch clicks)
Freddie Steinmark.
Glad you're part of the team.
You'll really help us this year.
I wish I was back in California.
It's pretty nice here in Colorado.
Yeah, well, this team's nowhere near
as good as the one I was on there.
It will be.
Yeah. Sure it will.
Now that you're on the team,
I say state championship.
You haven't won your division in 25 years.
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