Zitate und Sprüche von Troy Aikman

Losing doesn't eat at me the way it used to. I just get ready for the next play, the next game, the next season.

Just remember that nothing is as bad as it seems and nothing is as good as it sometimes appears.

We go in with eyes wide open and recognize there will be a lot of hard work involved. But we anticipate having success. We feel like we have assembled a great group of people. If we were going to do it any other way, we would have made an announcement a long time ago. We were very diligent.

12 of the best years of my life - It will never be forgotten.

I've always viewed myself as an achiever. I need to achieve for myself.

I know how difficult my rookie year in the NFL was and I know how competitive this sport is.

No excuse for those mechanical errors to be happening.

Troy Aikman: "That's a lot of jet fuel, just to do a little flyover."
Joe Buck: "That's your hard-earned money and your tax dollars at work."

Welcome to the broadcast booth, everybody, I'm Joe Buck along with a couple of guys that I like to call my friends... on Sundays. Troy Aikman and Cris Collinsworth.

I can't write my life story without Emmitt Smith and Troy Aikman. They can't write their life stories without me. We're tied together forever.

I think there's a prototype we're all looking for, whether it's Brett Favre or Troy Aikman. And everyone's got that picture in their mind of the prototype at the position.

I think I could describe the perfect quarterback. Take a little piece of everybody. Take John Elway's arm, Dan Marino's release, maybe Troy Aikman's drop-back, Brett Favre's scrambling ability, Joe Montana's two-minute poise, and, naturally, my speed.

Lamar Jackson opening up, like Moses parting the Red Sea.

It is a cool evening in the desert, but we're getting ready to heat it up. It's the New England Patriots and the Arizona Caridnals for you on a Monday night.

There is the Red Rifle, got that beard all tucked into that chin strap, ready to go.

The worst thing in the world is to feel like people turn on the TV and say, oh god, it's that guy again. I'm trying to avoid that.

I think by its very nature, it's redundant, you know, being the play-by-play guy on television.

And Johnny Manziel is only in a snickers commercial.

You have to make that stand out from the rest of the three hours. There are times when I'm having fun and being loose, and there are times when I'm ultra serious - calling the Giants/Patriots in the Super Bowl is a lot different than calling the Giants/Cubs game last Saturday. There are different levels of intensity, and I try to respect that when I'm doing it.

If you're the play-by-play announcer, I think it's your job to be better than just saying what's on people's TV screen.

I actually called a touchdown on national TV in the NFL while going to the bathroom.

I'd ask him for another half hour. And then I'd probably start with the obvious and see how honest he would get. I just think those guys are so protected, that you're not going to get much out of them.

Every time you see kid and hear kid, you think, man, I have to not sound like a kid.

Super Bowl V was the Colts against the Cowboys and Jim O'Brien kicked a 32 yard field goal to beat the Cowboys. I was traumatized by it. Everyone at school knew I was the only Cowboy fan in the area. I didn't want to go to school and I begged and pleaded with my parents. Those are indelible memories when you are a kid.

I mean, they got a good defense, but we got a really good offense.

I always wanted to be the very best receiver the Cowboys ever had. That was my goal coming in as a rookie and my goal throughout my career: being the best they ever had, going up in the Ring of Honor.

I'm the top receiver in the game. There's no question about it.

California has officially announced that jaywalking is now no longer a crime. So congratulations to the Californians who like walking places. This is great news for the six of you.

New Mexico. It's another state. I mean, it's like California, just less traffic.

We all have our little faults. Mine's in California.

All creative people should be required to leave California for three months every year.

I've always been a Packer, always will be a Packer.

Hey, you got any left-handed footballs?

Either my head is getting bigger or these hats are getting smaller... shut up!

There's no such thing as individual isolated success in football. You can see it in basketball, Lebron takes the ball off one rim, he dunks it on the other, he does it all by himself. You see it in baseball, Aaron Judge snaps that home all by himself. And golf, Tiger drops that putty, does it all by himself. In football, you don't do anything all by yourself. It's always about the man next to me.

Champions don't wait for opportunities, they create them.

Everything I heard about last season, we're doing the opposite.

A lot of people had dirt on their hands. It wasn't just Russell. He didn't just flip. He still has it. He's still got gas in the tank.

I'm retiring as a football player from the University of Tennessee who played for the Colts and the Broncos and was very lucky to have played for all of them.

There are other players who were more talented, but there is no one who could out-prepare me.

Get your calculators out, this will be fun!

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

Confidence is a very fragile thing.

Scott Hanson: "If it comes down to it, Brock. It's late in the fourth quarter, are you prepared to disappoint Taylor Swift?"
Brock Purdy: "Yes."

We're not done, dawg, I want three!

The quarterback is the leader of the team and the quarterback is the one that has the ball in his hands every single play.

Congrats to the Kansas City Chiefs, MVP Patrick Mahomes, Coach Reid, Travis Kelce, Chris Jones, Mecole Hardman, and the rest of the champs for another Lombardi Trophy. Grace under pressure.

I like football. I find its an exciting strategic game. Its a great way to avoid conversation with your family at Thanksgiving.

We don't have to say we're great. Our 5 rings say it for us.