Emmitt Smith

Football player

1969-05-15

Emmitt Smith is an American former professional football player who starred as a running back in the NFL. He is the league’s all-time leading rusher and was a central figure in the Dallas Cowboys’ Super Bowl success in the 1990s. Smith was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2010.

Quotes by Emmitt Smith

I've learned that football sometimes was an outlet. It was a way for me to release anger, release frustration.
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If you're not settled spiritually, things can be a little bit more chaotic than normal.
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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.
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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.
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Always, through my whole life, I've had a thirst for knowledge.
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I was going through a little bit of turbulence in my career. And so, it's funny how turbulence itself will make you hold onto something for security. And so the only thing I knew is trust in the Lord and lean not unto your own heart, in all thy ways acknowledge him and he shall direct thy path.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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