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?

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.