Emmitt Smith Quotes

I may win and I may lose, but I will never be defeated

For me, winning isn't something that happens suddenly on the field when the whistle blows and the crowds roar. Winning is something that builds physically and mentally every day that you train and every night that you dream.

All men are created equal. Some work harder in preseason.

Vision gets the dreams started. Dreaming employs your God-given imagination to reinforce the vision. Both are part of something I believe is absolutely necessary to building the life of a champion, a winner, a person of high character who is consistently at the top of whatever game he or she is in.

Don't complain to others about your troubles. Half of them don't care and the other half are glad.

In order to achieve great things in your life, you have to be consistent in what you are doing.

Your attitude determines your aptitude!

Dreaming means 'rehearsing' what you see, playing it over and over in your mind until it becomes as real to you as your life right now.

As long as you and I are still breathing, we have a purpose to serve

What I accomplished definitely wasn't achieved by myself. Without others, none of this would have been possible.

We are all born naked into this world, but each of us is fully clothed in potential.

Do not compare yourself. Find out what God has placed in your ability.

Football is a team sport, and there is no one individual who is bigger than the next person.

Consistency shows value. It breeds trust. You know that I'm going to show up every week.

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.

I was going through a little bit of turbulence in my career. And so, it's funny how turbulence itself will make you hold onto something for security. And so the only thing I knew is trust in the Lord and lean not unto your own heart, in all thy ways acknowledge him and he shall direct thy path.

If you're not settled spiritually, things can be a little bit more chaotic than normal.

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.

Always, through my whole life, I've had a thirst for knowledge.

Your biggest fear is the transition from football to business. You feel inferior at the beginning. You don't have the knowledge to compete. But once you start focusing and understanding, then you start relating to things.

History has never seen Emmitt Smith. I don't care what has come before me. That's why they call it history you create new history.

Every time fans turned on the television or watched the Dallas Cowboys, I wanted to give them the performance of a lifetime.

If you know anything about me, I've never been a trash-talker. That's not even part of my DNA.

I've given everything I can possible to the game, on and off the field.

I've learned that football sometimes was an outlet. It was a way for me to release anger, release frustration.