Tony Romo

Romo says playing through a back injury in 2013 turned a herniated disc into a ruptured one and affected the rest of his life.

“it ends up going from a herniated disc to a ruptured disc because I played”

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Romo recounts that after his college coach suggested moving him to tight end, he vowed to throw every day, a habit he kept for 12 years.

“That was the day I literally said, I'm never skipping a day of throwing the football”

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Romo says NFL owners have offered him head coaching jobs.

“I've been offered like head coaching jobs in the nfo and it's from owners and that's always flattering”

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Romo confirms his signature no-logo hat originated from a pizza commercial wardrobe.

“I did start the no logo hat. You're right. That's so true. But it did start at the pizza”

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Romo says his natural gift was seeing the field quickly, though he was initially a poor thrower.

“The Lord gifted me with the ability just to see it faster, but I was a horrendous thrower of the football”

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Romo argues a quarterback need not be a vocal rah-rah leader but must know the game.

“you don't have to be the rah-rah guy. That's a little bit overrated in some ways, but you do have to know the game”

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Romo says NFL trends follow whichever teams are winning, as the league copies them.

“And so the trends go with the times of who's winning. So whoever's winning, you want to go ahead and copy that”

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Romo argues football is fundamentally simple and rarely produces genuinely new schemes.

“you start to understand the game is very simple at its core. So there's not like a whole bunch of new brand new stuff coming”

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Romo says his one career regret is not bringing a Super Bowl to Dallas.

“the only regret I guess I would have is that my job was to bring a Super Bowl to Dallas and I didn't do it”

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Romo recounts that Parcells had coaches vote between Bledsoe and him, and he believes Parcells knew the outcome, which Romo narrowly won.

“I have a feeling that Parcells knew how the vote was going to turn out, but ended up being me barely”

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Romo argues coaches with job security tend to make more aggressive decisions.

“I think you're more aggressive when you're actually safe”

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Romo praises Sean Payton, saying teams would prefer him over many other coaches.

“But I think you'd rather have a Sean Payton than a lot of other coaches. I can tell you that”

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Romo says he spent two years overcoming the chipping yips and enters the tournament in better form.

“I got into the chipping yips a couple years ago, and it took literally two years to get out of it”

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Romo says his broadcasting goal is to teach viewers why teams make the decisions they do.

“I want to teach. And I think that's one of the biggest things was just, I want people to understand why”

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