Dallas Cowboys: Quips and Quotes

Alan Burton, a lifelong fan of the Dallas Cowboys, chronicles the team’s forty-five year history in a collection of more than five hundred quips and quotes from players, coaches, owners, broadcasters, and writers. Organized chronologically, the quotations provide a colorful record of the ups and downs of one of the best-known franchises in professional sports - and
must
reading for the die-hard Dallas Cowboy fan. A few examples: Tom Landry on his Flex defense:
It is designed to stop every play on the line of scrimmage. This is the theory, you have to remember, not necessarily the result.
Lineman Jim Boeke on quarterback Don Meredith:
If Meredith had led us over a cliff, I would have been the first one to follow. He was that great a leader.
Linebacker D.D. Lewis on Texas Stadium:
Texas Stadium has a hole in its roof so God can watch his favorite team play.
Caustic commentator Howard Cosell:
The Cowboys are the most overrated, overhyped team in professional football.
Sportswriter Bob St. John on Roger Staubach’s clean-cut image:
His idea of breaking training is putting whipped cream on his pie.
A convicted murderer shortly before his execution:
I am thankful to the Dallas Cowboys for giving me a lot of enjoyment the past years.
Lineman Nate Newton:
Remember this - there’s the Cowboys, and then there’s the rest.