Emmitt Smith
Emmitt Smith
Emmitt James Smith IIIis a former college and professional American football running back who became the National Football League'sall-time leading rusher during his fifteen seasons in the league during the 1990s and 2000s...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth15 May 1969
CityPensacola, FL
CountryUnited States of America
play nfl want
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 is someone that I have great respect for - as a player, a competitor and a person. His contributions to the organization and the NFL speak for themselves.
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What we shared and what we were able to accomplish on the football field was something unbelievable.
nfl games play
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?
dream nfl vision
Vision gets the dreams started.
nfl enigma
I'm an enigma, an unknown.
nfl compare ability
Do not compare yourself. Find out what God has placed in your ability.
bob days looked name roof saw side
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.
I have achieved everything that I ever wanted to accomplish in this game and more so, for me, I have been fulfilled.
added rest separate though
My father is Emmit and my grandfather is Emmit, but I wanted something extra so I could separate my Emmitt from the rest of them. Even though on my birth certificate it has one T, I just added the extra T for me.
came encourage hated man offensive sacked season send texts throughout tony watching
I used to send Tony Romo texts throughout the season just to encourage him, just to wish him luck and just to tell him to get on his offensive line. I hated watching this young man get sacked as much as he did, especially when it came down to big games.
kept
I was actually looking for answers where I kept asking myself - what am I doing?
care hate redskins
The Redskins are going to hate it. They better hate it because I don't care much for them.
add bodily concerning games harm head increasing ourselves schedule sixteen
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.