Quotes from Troy Aikman

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

Look, the only way for me to enjoy the game is to be consumed by it, to compete at a level where I know, at the end of that game, that my teammates and I did our absolute best.

12 of the best years of my life - It will never be forgotten.

A lot of people believe that I retired from the game of football because of concussions - that is not accurate. I really retired primarily because of a degenerative back condition that I had.

You get down on yourself. You get disappointed in yourself. I expect more out of myself. As far as losing confidence as far as what I can do, that won't ever happen.

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

I always have been comfortable with my opinions and how I feel about the play on the field, and how it should be done and how teams should go about playing the game.

There are not many Chicagos, where people go out and support their sports teams, whether they are struggling or not.

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

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

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 part of the field.

The only way you're gonna eliminate helmet-to-helmet contact is to take the helmets off. Go back to leather helmets. I mean, I think a defensive player would be much less inclined to lead with his head if he had no protection.

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

I don't know if I want to be 65 or 67, still broadcasting games. But, why not? What else are you going to do?

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.

As a former player, I have a real appreciation for a guy like Aaron Rodgers and how much time he puts into his craft and how good he is doing it.

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.

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

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

I've lived in Texas now longer than anywhere and then California and then Oklahoma, but yet Oklahoma is what I consider home.

I've said for many, many years, as long as I can ever remember, when I'm asked, 'Hey, what do you look for first in a quarterback?' The first thing I look for is accuracy, because the rest of it doesn't matter.

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

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