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)
Vision gets the dreams started. Dreaming employs your God-given imagination to reinforce the vision. Both are part of something I believe is absolutely necessary to building the life of a champion, a winner, a person of high character who is consistently at the top of whatever game he or she is in. View quote
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In order to achieve great things in your life, you have to be consistent in what you are doing. View quote
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Football is a team sport, and there is no one individual who is bigger than the next person. View quote
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History has never seen Emmitt Smith. I don't care what has come before me. That's why they call it history you create new history. View quote
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Your biggest fear is the transition from football to business. You feel inferior at the beginning. You don't have the knowledge to compete. But once you start focusing and understanding, then you start relating to things. View quote
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I'm an enigma, an unknown. You can't really figure out what I'm going to do next. I like it like that. View quote
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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. View quote
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I love to play bid whist as much as I love football. View quote
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What I accomplished definitely wasn't achieved by myself. Without others, none of this would have been possible. View quote
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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)
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. View quote
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We are all born naked into this world, but each of us is fully clothed in potential. View quote
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Do not compare yourself. Find out what God has placed in your ability. View quote
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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. View quote
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If you're not settled spiritually, things can be a little bit more chaotic than normal. View quote
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I've learned that football sometimes was an outlet. It was a way for me to release anger, release frustration. View quote
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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. View quote
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There's a lot of dancing in football. You can see Victor Cruz doing a little bit of a cha-cha or samba move in the end zone. You can see Terrell Owens getting his popcorn ready. You can see Ochocinco doing the Riverdance. But not so much when it comes to ballroom. View quote
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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. View quote
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One thing I can say about the Dallas Cowboys: They have always had talent around them. They have been one of the most talented football teams in all of football. (Emmitt Smith)
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. View quote
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Emmitt Smith is in a position, in my opinion, where he should be the highest-paid running back in football. He's a guy who has gone out and led the league in rushing and been productive. View quote
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Emmitt Smith is someone that I have great respect for - as a player, a competitor and a person. His contributions to the organization and the NFL speak for themselves. View quote
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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. View quote
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