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There's always a chance. Somebody has got to want me, and if they don't want me, then what? I want to play. I want to do what I want to do.

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Emmitt Smith
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: May 15
American Football Player
Football Player
Pensacola
Florida
Emmitt James Smith
III
Emmitt James Smith III
Nfl
Somebody
Chance
Play
Always

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School is not easy for kids and football wasn't easy for me... but if it's something you truly believe in, it's something you've got to fight for and be willing to do what you need to do make it work.
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If you want to stay perfect, you cannot go undefeated with a blemish on your record.
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One thing I can say about the Dallas Cowboys: They have always had talent around them. They have been one of the most talented football teams in all of football.
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Football is a team sport, and there is no one individual who is bigger than the next person.
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I'm very confident I'm one of the best to ever play the game, but once you talk about the greatest, how can you define greatest?
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You cannot change the stripes of a leopard.
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Do not compare yourself. Find out what God has placed in your ability.
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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.
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As long as you and I are still breathing, we have a purpose to serve
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The leadership definitely have to come from the leaders.
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I used to imagine what it would be like to do what Jim Brown was doing. I used to imagine what it would be like to be like a Tony Dorsett. I used to imagine what it would be like to be like a Walter Payton. I was imagining Emmitt Smith doing exactly what they were doing.
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All men are created equal. Some work harder in preseason.
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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.
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Charles Haley changed the way the Cowboys played football in the 90s. And the reason why I say that is because he was such a dominant force coming off the edge, where it took two and three to block him.
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In order to achieve great things in your life, you have to be consistent in what you are doing.
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Adrian Peterson is redefining the way teams defend the running ability.
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Emmitt Smith is in a position, in my opinion, where he should be the highest-paid running back in football. He's a guy who has gone out and led the league in rushing and been productive.
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Vision gets the dreams started.
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Consistency is one of the hallmarks of my career. You knew what you were going to get out of E-Smith every game, every year, no matter if I was 22, 21 or 35 years old.
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Marriage is not something that's easy, but nothing in life is easy.
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