Emmitt Smith Quotes

We are all born naked into this world, but each of us is fully clothed in potential.

I love to play bid whist as much as I love football.

For me, winning isn't something that happens suddenly on the field when the whistle blows and the crowds roar. Winning is something that builds physically and mentally every day that you train and every night that you dream.

If I didn't have a scholarship to go to the University of Florida or any school, I probably would have considered the military because my family could not afford to send me to college.

Vision gets the dreams started.

All men are created equal. Some work harder in preseason.

There's always a chance. Somebody has got to want me, and if they don't want me, then what? I want to play. I want to do what I want to do.

Your biggest fear is the transition from football to business. You feel inferior at the beginning. You don't have the knowledge to compete. But once you start focusing and understanding, then you start relating to things.

If you're not settled spiritually, things can be a little bit more chaotic than normal.

I don't have to get up in the morning and go beat up my body like I used to. I don't have to be out there in August in 108 degree weather down in Texas.

Every time fans turned on the television or watched the Dallas Cowboys, I wanted to give them the performance of a lifetime.

Not only does he have the NFC East record for touchdowns, but also the team record.

I have achieved everything that I ever wanted to accomplish in this game and more so, for me, I have been fulfilled.

My father is Emmit and my grandfather is Emmit, but I wanted something extra so I could separate my Emmitt from the rest of them. Even though on my birth certificate it has one T, I just added the extra T for me.

I've learned that football sometimes was an outlet. It was a way for me to release anger, release frustration.

Don't worry about the game you just won or the team that we just blew out ... or, um ... blown ... blowed out ... Let's think about what we need to do going forward, and they had, uh ... blown out.

I've given everything I can possible to the game, on and off the field.

Consistency shows value. It breeds trust. You know that I'm going to show up every week.

I have been a Cowboys fan since I was a little bitty boy. And my dream has finally become a reality, of not only just playing a professional, becoming a professional athlete, but playing for the team that I always wanted to play for.

I used to imagine what it would be like to do what Jim Brown was doing. I used to imagine what it would be like to be like a Tony Dorsett. I used to imagine what it would be like to be like a Walter Payton. I was imagining Emmitt Smith doing exactly what they were doing.

A lot of the issues of the Dallas Cowboys yesterday having pressure on Tony Romo, came from the outside pressure.

I don't have to put on shoulder pads and run out there and let somebody hit on me a little bit.

School is not easy for kids and football wasn't easy for me ... but if it's something you truly believe in, it's something you've got to fight for and be willing to do what you need to do make it work.

It's been a tremendous ride. My 15 years, my 15 minutes of fame, is up.

I'm an enigma, an unknown.

As long as you and I are still breathing, we have a purpose to serve

Charles Haley changed the way the Cowboys played football in the 90s. And the reason why I say that is because he was such a dominant force coming off the edge, where it took two and three to block him.

I enjoyed being a teammate of Deion Sanders. He brings different elements to the game that many people would not even realize, and to watch and witness a superior talent like him and watch him prepare and train, and study the game is truly amazing.

As a former football player who has carried a football more than 4,000 times, trust me, I did not go into ballroom dancing with my body being 100 percent, with no aches or pains or ailments coming with me. When you're dancing, you're doing stuff that your body's not used to, and so you start to aggravate those old injuries.

There's a lot of dancing in football. You can see Victor Cruz doing a little bit of a cha-cha or samba move in the end zone. You can see Terrell Owens getting his popcorn ready. You can see Ochocinco doing the riverdance. But not so much when it comes to ballroom.

Don't complain to others about your troubles. Half of them don't care and the other half are glad.

Always, through my whole life, I've had a thirst for knowledge.

Do not compare yourself. Find out what God has placed in your ability.

Sixteen games, to me, is a long enough schedule for anybody. We're already concerning ourselves with head injuries and bodily harm to all of the professional athletes. Add to extra games to it, (and) you are just increasing those risks.

My mom said, 'Don't get married. You're too young. Go out there and experience what life has to offer.' And I did.

I was actually looking for answers where I kept asking myself - what am I doing?

I know how important it is to have your quarterback standing upright. Matter of fact, I know how important it is not to allow someone hit on him period because I want him to think that this pocket is completely safe, no one is going to get to me and I got all the time in the world to make whatever decisions I need to make.

Adrian Peterson is redefining the way teams defend the running ability.