Troy Aikman Quotes

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Troy Aikman

Profession : Athlete

Birth : November 21, 1966

I wish there was a switch that I could flip, where no one knows me. And then, when I'm ready to make a splash, I'd flip the switch and say, 'Hey, I'm ready now.' Unfortunately, that doesn't happen.

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I had two concussions that were of major concern, what I would term very significant. As far as head injury goes, I would say all of the others were pretty minor and inconsequential.

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I'm a drop-back passer, and those seldom win Heismans.

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I've always known football.

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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.

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If head coaches weren't important to the success of a team, then owners wouldn't fire them all the time.

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It's not always statistics that determine the best player, especially the quarterback.

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It is relatively easy... to determine whether or not a blow to a quarterback was deemed excessive or incidental. So I'm discouraged that there have been a number of games that are influenced - not that the outcomes are in question - but a number of games influenced based on the protection of the quarterback.

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I handled myself as a quarterback in the manner I thought necessary.

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As a quarterback, your job is to move the football and win games, to be a leader on the field.

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A lot of people believe that I retired from the game of football because of concussions - that is not accurate. I really retired primarily because of a degenerative back condition that I had.

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I'm not a guy who needs the spotlight. It's not something I have to have. I'm content to sit at home.

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I don't know if I want to be 65 or 67, still broadcasting games. But, why not? What else are you going to do?

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Whenever anybody has talked about concussions, they immediately talk about me and Steve Young.

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As long as we're having contact and as long as there are collisions, there's going to be head injuries. What the long-term consequences are of that, we're beginning to learn, and that definitely will have an impact on the game as we know it.

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I was 0-11 as a starter, and there were times when I walked off the field wondering if I'd ever win a game in the NFL.

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Years ago, the NFL influenced what happened in college. It's the other way around now.

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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.

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A lot of coaches and players get so tunnel-visioned that when they do have some time off, they spend it concentrating on the game.

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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.

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