Troy Aikman

The one thing disappointing I had coming out of college was not playing in the Rose Bowl.

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 always play every game in my mind before it begins. A lot of times in a game, a play will happen, and it will feel like deja vu, like I've seen the play happen before in my mind.

To say, 'I don't worry about perception,' you better worry about perception because it's a big part of making it through some very difficult times.

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.

I dwell in the past.

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.

The year we went to our first Super Bowl in 1992, we were the youngest team in football. We played in the Super Bowl against a team that had a wealth of playoff experience and Super Bowl experience, and we dominated that football game.

No matter what happens for the rest of my career, at least I can say I took my team to a Super Bowl, and I was able to win.

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

I think it's nice to win awards, but my goal is not to win the Heisman: it's to get to the Rose Bowl.

I didn't know anybody who went to Rangers games. Then, when they started winning and going to World Series, everybody's wearing Rangers hats.