95 Quotes by Emmitt Smith

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.

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.

Sixteen games, to me, is a long enough schedule for anybody. We're already concerning ourselves with head injuries and bodily harm to all of the professional athletes. Add to extra games to it, (and) you are just increasing those risks.

The Redskins are going to hate it. They better hate it because I don't care much for them.

I looked up to the roof and saw Bob Lilly on the right side and I looked up there, 'Wow!' and went all the way around the stadium. I said one of these days my name is going to be up there. Now it is.

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.

This Hall of Fame came a whole lot quicker than the other one. No waiting period. That was a a nice award to get. I'm very pleased with it.

This is the Pro Football Hall of Fame, not the Life Hall of Fame.

But how special is it to be inducted into a Hall of Fame in a place like Texas, because Texas is as big as it gets.