Troy Aikman

“At one time, watching football was an event. Monday Night Football was a big event.”

“I just think Cam Newton is a guy who doesn't get overwhelmed by the moment. He seems to thrive in the spotlight.”

“I know what a championship locker room looks like, what a championship team requires.”

“I sometimes get frustrated with how important Dallas Cowboys' football is to people. It's extremely important to me, too, but football is what I do.”

“I don't think I can fully explain what happens when you take on the role of quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys. Sometimes, I can't even explain it to myself.”

“I'm looking forward to being a supporter of the Dallas Cowboys. I want to watch them win another Super Bowl.”

“I always play every game in my mind before it begins. A lot of times in a game, a play will happen, and it will feel like deja vu, like I've seen the play happen before in my mind.”

“The thing I've always liked about the playoffs is the finality of it and knowing there's so much importance on every play.”

“Because the hash marks are narrower in the pros, the ball's always closer to the middle of the field. So if you're a defensive back, you can wait a lot longer before committing to a certain...”

“It is relatively easy... to determine whether or not a blow to a quarterback was deemed excessive or incidental. So I'm discouraged that there have been a number of games that are influenced...”

“I had two concussions that were of major concern, what I would term very significant. As far as head injury goes, I would say all of the others were pretty minor and inconsequential.”

“I would bet you that even though people think I absorbed an inordinate number of head injuries, I'd say relative to the number of guys who have played this game, I would say that my head inj...”

“I don't want to be the poster boy for head injury. I shouldn't be the poster boy for head injury. I have really tried to distance myself from that.”

“I'm not here to propel myself into the limelight. I'm here to win a football game. If I am propelled into the limelight, I want it to be because of what I do on the football field, not becau...”

“I didn't know anybody who went to Rangers games. Then, when they started winning and going to World Series, everybody's wearing Rangers hats.”

“I wish there was a switch that I could flip, where no one knows me. And then, when I'm ready to make a splash, I'd flip the switch and say, 'Hey, I'm ready now.' Unfortunately, that doesn't...”

“They portray me as a hick just because I enjoy some of the things people in Oklahoma like. I think people expect me to come out wearing my boots and spurs.”

“I was 0-11 as a starter, and there were times when I walked off the field wondering if I'd ever win a game in the NFL.”

“When I work a Cowboys game, my social media will blow up with, 'Hey, don't forget who you played for,' or, 'You traitor.'”

“I'm not an open person. Something's really got to be troubling me to have heart to heart talks with anybody.”