Quotes from Troy Aikman

The quarterback I enjoy watching the most is Dan Marino.

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

I am not too open of a person. I don't really understand why someone holding a notepad and pen thinks he can ask me anything and then is offended when I don't answer.

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

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

It doesn't matter how tough you are. It doesn't matter how smart you are or what a great leader you are. None of that stuff matters if you can't put the ball where you have to put it.

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

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 big reason for those championships.

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.

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

As a quarterback, I appreciated the passer rating whether you threw the ball a majority of the time or if you didn't throw it as much. You were judged on a level playing field, and I thought teams should be ranked similarly.

The one thing about being an athlete, say you are struggling with throwing a comeback route, well, then you go out and practice it. You throw it 100 times a day, and you get better at it, and you see those improvements pretty rapidly.

I have a real hard time classifying anything as my biggest moment, my favorite color or whatever.

I consider myself to be one of the really, really fortunate ones to have gotten out of the game as healthy as I did.

Hey, I'm big-boned.

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.

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 injuries were relatively small.

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 - not that the outcomes are in question - but a number of games influenced based on the protection of the quarterback.

I didn't know any hockey fans in Dallas.

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.

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

My 21st birthday was probably the worst day of my life.

It's who you get to share life with, not the actual experiences, that makes living so worthwhile.

Broadcasting keeps you relevant.