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Football Quotes by Troy Aikman

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Troy Aikman says football is a tough game for tough people. He stresses that practicing a route a hundred times a day builds skill. He also admits that being a quarterback can feel impossible to explain, even to himself. He also mentions that he retired because of a degenerative condition, not just concussions.

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Winning is hard. Repeating is harder.

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I've always known football.

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As a quarterback, your job is to move the football and win games, to be a leader on the field.

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If head coaches weren't important to the success of a team, then owners wouldn't fire them all the time.

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I've always viewed myself as an achiever. I need to achieve for myself.

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I handled myself as a quarterback in the manner I thought necessary.

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Playing a rookie at quarterback tells the other players that you're giving up the season.

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I don't think Dallas has ever really had a great home field advantage.

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You can't just can't simply replace head coaches and say, 'Now it's going to be better.'

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The quarterback I enjoy watching the most is Dan Marino.

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It's one thing if you're a part of teams that won five championships. But it's an extremely different argument if you're a…

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A lot of people believe that I retired from the game of football because of concussions - that is not accurate. I…

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

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I think having won a Super Bowl puts you on a different level. I know, for me, it's extremely important to win…

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No matter what happens for the rest of my career, at least I can say I took my team to a Super…

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As a former player, I have a real appreciation for a guy like Aaron Rodgers and how much time he puts into…

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I always have been comfortable with my opinions and how I feel about the play on the field, and how it should…

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

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It is relatively easy... to determine whether or not a blow to a quarterback was deemed excessive or incidental. So I'm discouraged…

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The one thing about being an athlete, say you are struggling with throwing a comeback route, well, then you go out and…

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I'm not here to propel myself into the limelight. I'm here to win a football game. If I am propelled into the…

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I believe - and this is my opinion - that at some point, football is not going to be the No. 1…

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As a quarterback, I appreciated the passer rating whether you threw the ball a majority of the time or if you didn't…

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The year we went to our first Super Bowl in 1992, we were the youngest team in football. We played in the…

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It's not always statistics that determine the best player, especially the quarterback.

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

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Some coaches don't want their players to be the stars. They want their systems to be the stars.

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Years ago, the NFL influenced what happened in college. It's the other way around now.

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The one thing disappointing I had coming out of college was not playing in the Rose Bowl.

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Football is a tough game. It's a tough game for tough people.

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A lot of coaches and players get so tunnel-visioned that when they do have some time off, they spend it concentrating on…

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

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Look, the only way for me to enjoy the game is to be consumed by it, to compete at a level where…

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

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If you're healthy and you're told that you're capable of playing and the medical staff signs off on it, to me, you…

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Losing doesn't eat at me the way it used to. I just get ready for the next play, the next game, the…

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When you stand and talk about player safety, and then, at the same time, you want to extend the season two more…

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I do not have a son; if I had a son, I wouldn't necessarily discourage him from playing football, but I don't…

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I probably would have played baseball if I had stayed in California... But I like Oklahoma better now. Football is bigger here.…

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I don't think I can fully explain what happens when you take on the role of quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys. Sometimes,…

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You get down on yourself. You get disappointed in yourself. I expect more out of myself. As far as losing confidence as far as…

A lot of people believe that I retired from the game of football because of concussions - that is not accurate. I really retired…

Whenever anybody has talked about concussions, they immediately talk about me and Steve Young.

I don't think Dallas has ever really had a great home field advantage.

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

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…

A lot of coaches and players get so tunnel-visioned that when they do have some time off, they spend it concentrating on the game.

I have an idea of marriage as being a sharing type of deal.

I think it's nice to win awards, but my goal is not to win the Heisman: it's to get to the Rose Bowl.

Football is a tough game. It's a tough game for tough people.

The one thing about being an athlete, say you are struggling with throwing a comeback route, well, then you go out and practice it.…