Troy Aikman

Winning is hard. Repeating is harder.

— Troy Aikman

I dwell in the past.

— Troy Aikman

Broadcasting keeps you relevant.

— Troy Aikman

I've always known football.

— Troy Aikman

I was 22 my rookie year.

— Troy Aikman

Hey, I'm big-boned.

— Troy Aikman

I will always root for the Sooners.

— Troy Aikman

Most of the pressure, if not all, is self-imposed.

— Troy Aikman

I'm a drop-back passer, and those seldom win Heismans.

— Troy Aikman

I've never gotten into anything that I didn't feel I'd be successful doing.

— Troy Aikman

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

— Troy Aikman

My father was not a man you wanted to mess with.

— Troy Aikman

I think when the cameras are on him is when Coach Switzer is at his best.

— Troy Aikman

I have often said social media is a race to the bottom.

— Troy Aikman

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

— Troy Aikman

I don't understand why guys want to be controversial and in the press all the time. It's just not my nature.

— Troy Aikman

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

— Troy Aikman

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

— Troy Aikman

Things are never as good as you think they are or ever as bad as you think they are.

— Troy Aikman

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

— Troy Aikman

To say, 'I don't worry about perception,' you better worry about perception because it's a big part of making it through some…

— Troy Aikman

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

— Troy Aikman

I'm happy to do some endorsements if I believe in the product. You're only in this game a short time, and you…

— Troy Aikman

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

— Troy Aikman

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…

— Troy Aikman

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

— Troy Aikman

They portray me as a hick just because I enjoy some of the things people in Oklahoma like. I think people expect…

— Troy Aikman

I'll never forget when I was 12 years old. I couldn't wait until the day I was 16 and could drive a…

— Troy Aikman

Not long ago, every time I did a picture shoot for a magazine, the photographer would ask me to show up wearing…

— Troy Aikman

It doesn't matter how tough you are. It doesn't matter how smart you are or what a great leader you are. None…

— Troy Aikman

I wish there was a switch that I could flip, where no one knows me. And then, when I'm ready to make…

— Troy Aikman

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

— Troy Aikman

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

— Troy Aikman

I was brought up not to brag. I've always disliked people who do.

— Troy Aikman

I don't try to please anybody. I try to win.

— Troy Aikman

I didn't know any hockey fans in Dallas.

— Troy Aikman

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

— Troy Aikman

In college, I was making a lot of presnap reads. It was much easier.

— Troy Aikman

What I am is a direct result of how I was raised.

— Troy Aikman

Most people assume you change with success.

— Troy Aikman