Emmitt Smith Quotes
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My father is Emmit and my grandfather is Emmit, but I wanted something extra so I could separate my Emmitt from the rest of them. Even though on my birth certificate it has one T, I just added the extra T for me.
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I don't have to put on shoulder pads and run out there and let somebody hit on me a little bit.
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We've got a lot of young guys. A lot of good, young guys. But young guys can go out there and learn how to win quickly. I feel good about the guys behind me. I know that if I'm not in there, they'll do just as well as me.
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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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Always, through my whole life, I've had a thirst for knowledge.
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In order to achieve great things in your life, you have to be consistent in what you are doing.
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I have achieved everything that I ever wanted to accomplish in this game and more so, for me, I have been fulfilled.
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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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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.
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I've given everything I can possible to the game, on and off the field.
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Demand excellence.
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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.
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What I accomplished definitely wasn't achieved by myself. Without others, none of this would have been possible.
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If I didn't have a scholarship to go to the University of Florida or any school, I probably would have considered the military because my family could not afford to send me to college.
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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.
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I've learned that football sometimes was an outlet. It was a way for me to release anger, release frustration.
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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.