Emmitt Smith Quotes

For me, winning isn't something that happens suddenly on the field when the whistle blows and the crowds roar. Winning is something that builds physically and mentally every day that you train and every night that you dream.
Emmitt Smith

Winning, Night, Dream

Do not compare yourself. Find out what God has placed in your ability.
Emmitt Smith

God, Yourself, Find

I've learned that football sometimes was an outlet. It was a way for me to release anger, release frustration.
Emmitt Smith

Anger, Football, Learned

If you know anything about me, I've never been a trash-talker. That's not even part of my DNA.
Emmitt Smith

I have been a Cowboys fan since I was a little bitty boy. And my dream has finally become a reality, of not only just playing a professional, becoming a professional athlete, but playing for the team that I always wanted to play for.
Emmitt Smith

Reality, Play, Become

Always, through my whole life, I've had a thirst for knowledge.
Emmitt Smith

Life, Knowledge, Through

Demand excellence.
Emmitt Smith

Excellence, Demand

Dreaming means 'rehearsing' what you see, playing it over and over in your mind until it becomes as real to you as your life right now.
Emmitt Smith

Life, Mind, Real

I don't have to put on shoulder pads and run out there and let somebody hit on me a little bit.
Emmitt Smith

Put, Somebody, Run

I have achieved everything that I ever wanted to accomplish in this game and more so, for me, I have been fulfilled.
Emmitt Smith

Game, Wanted, Accomplish

I was actually looking for answers where I kept asking myself - what am I doing?
Emmitt Smith

Looking, Actually, Answers

I'm an enigma, an unknown. You can't really figure out what I'm going to do next. I like it like that.
Emmitt Smith

Next, Unknown, Figure

I've given everything I can possible to the game, on and off the field.
Emmitt Smith

Game, Off, Possible

If you're not settled spiritually, things can be a little bit more chaotic than normal.
Emmitt Smith

Normal, Bit, Chaotic

It's been a tremendous ride. My 15 years, my 15 minutes of fame, is up.
Emmitt Smith

Fame, Minutes, Ride

My mom said, 'Don't get married. You're too young. Go out there and experience what life has to offer.' And I did.
Emmitt Smith

Life, Experience, Mom

We are all born naked into this world, but each of us is fully clothed in potential.
Emmitt Smith

Born, Potential, Clothed

As a former football player who has carried a football more than 4,000 times, trust me, I did not go into ballroom dancing with my body being 100 percent, with no aches or pains or ailments coming with me. When you're dancing, you're doing stuff that your body's not used to, and so you start to aggravate those old injuries.
Emmitt Smith

Trust, Football, Old

Charles Haley changed the way the Cowboys played football in the 90s. And the reason why I say that is because he was such a dominant force coming off the edge, where it took two and three to block him.
Emmitt Smith

Football, Him, Two

Consistency is one of the hallmarks of my career. You knew what you were going to get out of E-Smith every game, every year, no matter if I was 22, 21 or 35 years old.
Emmitt Smith

Game, Career, Old

I don't have to get up in the morning and go beat up my body like I used to. I don't have to be out there in August in 108 degree weather down in Texas.
Emmitt Smith

Morning, Down, Weather

I enjoyed being a teammate of Deion Sanders. He brings different elements to the game that many people would not even realize, and to watch and witness a superior talent like him and watch him prepare and train, and study the game is truly amazing.
Emmitt Smith

Amazing, Game, Him

I know how important it is to have your quarterback standing upright. Matter of fact, I know how important it is not to allow someone hit on him period because I want him to think that this pocket is completely safe, no one is going to get to me and I got all the time in the world to make whatever decisions I need to make.
Emmitt Smith

Time, Important, Someone

I used to imagine what it would be like to do what Jim Brown was doing. I used to imagine what it would be like to be like a Tony Dorsett. I used to imagine what it would be like to be like a Walter Payton. I was imagining Emmitt Smith doing exactly what they were doing.
Emmitt Smith

Used, Imagine, Exactly

I used to send Tony Romo texts throughout the season just to encourage him, just to wish him luck and just to tell him to get on his offensive line. I hated watching this young man get sacked as much as he did, especially when it came down to big games.
Emmitt Smith

Him, Down, Wish

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Nationality: American

Born: May 15, 1969

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