A biography for Troy Aikmanhasn’t been written yet.
“If head coaches weren't important to the success of a team, then owners wouldn't fire them all the time.”
“Working with someone who's got your best interest at heart can make all the difference.”
“I don't want to be the poster boy for head injury. I shouldn't be the poster boy for head injury. I have really tried to distance myself from that.”
“I'm not here to propel myself into the limelight. I'm here to win a football game. If I am propelled into the limelight, I want it to be because of what I do on the football field, not because of some grand marketing strategy.”
“I think having won a Super Bowl puts you on a different level. I know, for me, it's extremely important to win this ballgame.”
“I am not too open of a person. I don't really understand why someone holding a notepad and pen thinks he can ask me anything and then is offended when I don't answer.”
“It's one thing if you're a part of teams that won five championships. But it's an extremely different argument if you're a big reason for those championships.”
“I consider myself to be one of the really, really fortunate ones to have gotten out of the game as healthy as I did.”
“They portray me as a hick just because I enjoy some of the things people in Oklahoma like. I think people expect me to come out wearing my boots and spurs.”
“It doesn't matter how tough you are. It doesn't matter how smart you are or what a great leader you are. None of that stuff matters if you can't put the ball where you have to put it.”
“When you stand and talk about player safety, and then, at the same time, you want to extend the season two more games, there's a contradiction in there.”
“I would bet you that even though people think I absorbed an inordinate number of head injuries, I'd say relative to the number of guys who have played this game, I would say that my head injuries were relatively small.”
“Playing a rookie at quarterback tells the other players that you're giving up the season.”
“Most people assume you change with success.”
“I've never gotten into anything that I didn't feel I'd be successful doing.”
“As a quarterback, your job is to move the football and win games, to be a leader on the field.”
“I'm not a guy who needs the spotlight. It's not something I have to have. I'm content to sit at home.”
“I don't think I can fully explain what happens when you take on the role of quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys. Sometimes, I can't even explain it to myself.”
“As long as we're wearing helmets and shoulder pads - there's collisions between these big, physical, fast guys - head injuries are going to be a part of it.”
“I don't think Dallas has ever really had a great home field advantage.”