AIKMAN.
AIKMAN. WHICH LEADS US TO THIS, WITH
HIS TOP FOUR SPORTS MOMENTS,
HERE'S DALE HANSEN.
>>
>> ALMOST
>> ALMOST EVERY ATHLETE WILL +@ TELL YOU THE BEST THING ABOUT
PLAYING THE GAME IS THE
RELATIONSHIPS THAT THEY MAKE
ALONG THE WAY.
THAT IS TRUE FOR THOSE OF US
WHO COVER THE SPO+@RT AS WELL.
NO ONE HAVE I LIKED MORE THAN
THAN DALLAS COWBOYS QUARTERBACK
TOY AIKMAN.
TOY AIKMAN. I'M THE SELF-APPOINTED
PRESIDENT FAN CLUB OF TROY
AIKMAN
AIKMAN
AIKMAN >>
AIKMAN >> DIDN'T DALE HANSEN SPENT
YOUR ENTIRE CAREER CLAIMING TO
BE THE PRESIDENT OF THE TROY
AIKMAN.
AIKMAN.
AIKMAN. >> ONE OF THOSE TIMES YOU WISH
@ HE WOULD KEEP HIS MOUTH SHUT.
>> Reporter: HIS UCLA TEAM
PLAYED IN THE COTTON BOWL THAT
YEAR.
YEAR.
YEAR. SO
YEAR. SO BROCK HAD AIKMAN DO MY R+@AD
SHOW.
SHOW.
SHOW. ON
SHOW. ON THE WAY BACK, AIKMAN TOLD
BROCK, THAT GUY IS CRAZY.
A WEEK LATER THE OTHER
QUARTERBACK THEY DRAFTED THAT+@
YEAR, MIAMI STEVE WALSH WAS
SUPPOSED TO BE BUT HE DIDN'T
SHOW UP.
SHOW UP.
SHOW UP. I SAW AIKMAN WALKING DOWN THE
STREET, HOLLERED AT HIM TO JOIN
ME.
ME.
ME. WE+@
ME. WE+@ WERE +@ON TOP OF A PRESS B
SO AIKMAN CLIMBED+@ UP JUST A
MINUTE OR SO BEFORE WE HIT THE
AIR AND WHEN WE HIT THE SHOW I
SAID YOU'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE A
HABIT OF THIS ARE YOU?
HE SAID A HABIT OF WHAT?
I SAID SUBSTITUTING WALLS.
+@ I SAID YOU'LL GET USED TO THIS.
AIKMAN WAS REPORTING OF THE
LATEST STORY THAT BAILISS HAD
MADE.
MADE.
MADE. I
MADE. I SLAMMED MY BEER DOWN AND SAID
WHY DO YOU CARE?
BECAUSE YOU'RE TROY -- AIKM +@
AIKMAN.
AIKMAN.
AIKMAN. IT WAS AROUND THAT TIME A
FRIEND OF MINE HAD LOST
EVERYTHING IN A HOUSE FEAR AND
WE WERE TRYING TO RAY MONEY.
AND AIKMAN DONATED HIS ROOKIE
HELMET.
HELMET.
HELMET. I
HELMET. I TOLD MY FRIEND TO BUY IT FOR
ME AND I DIDN'T CARE HOW MUCH
IT COST.
IT COST.
IT COST. HE DID AND I SAID HOW MUCH?
HE SAID IT WAS A LOT.
I STILL HAVE IT AND ALWAYS
WI+@LL.
WI+@LL.
WI+@LL. AIKMAN USED TO COME TO MY
SUMMER PARTIES UNTIL THE CROWD
WOULDN'T LEAVE HIM ALONE.
BECAUSE TRAVELING WITH AIK MAN
IN THE 90s, WAS LIKE TRAVELING
WITH A ROCK STAR.
WHEN AIKMAN CAME OUT ON STAGE I
THOUGHT THE BUILDING WAS GOING
TO COME DOWN.
AIKMAN SAID HE DIDN'T WANT TO
GIVE A SPEECH THEN DID.
FOR 15 MINUTES HE DAZZLED EVERY
KID AND PARENT AND GRANDPARENT
+@
KID AND PARENT AND GRANDPARENT +@IN +@THE GYMNASIUM.
THERE'S NOT A SINGLE KID THAT
YEAR WHO HAS A PICTURE
RECEIVING THEIR DIPLOMA FROM
THE SUPERINTENDENT BECA+@USE TH
ALL RAN ACROSS THE STAGE IN A
HURRY TO GET THEIR PICTURE
TAKEN WITH TROY AIKMAN.
WHEN WE WENT TO MY PARENTS
HOUSE LATER, HE TOLD MY MOTHER
SHE MADE THE BEST POTAT+@O SALA
HE HAD EVER TASTED.
SHE THEN CALLED THE PAPER WHAT
+@
+@ HE
+@ HE SAID.
HE SAID.
HE SAID. WHEN I CALLED AIKMAN'S MOM WHAT
A NICE BOY +@HE HAD GROWN, SHE
SAID, YOU KNOW MY SON WAS JUST
BEING NICE.
BEING NICE. HE KNOWS MY POTATO SALAD IS THE
BEST.
BEST.
BEST. WE
BEST. WE DID PARTY UNTIL THE SUN CAME
UP.
UP.
UP. TH+@ERE WERE SEVERAL OF US IN
AIKMAN'S SUITE THAT NIGHT, WE
RAN OUT OF BEER AROUND 3:00 IN
THE MORNING.
THE MORNING. AIKMAN CALLED THE FRONT DESK
+@
AIKMAN CALLED THE FRONT DESK AND SAID WE NEED MORE BEER.
AND HE SAID WE'RE NOT GOING TO
GET BEER BECAUSE THEY STOP
SERVING AT 2:00.
AIKMAN RAN TO T+@HE PHONE, CALL
THE FRONT DESK AND SAID THIS IS
HANSEN, WE'RE GOING TO NEED
SANDWICHES AND POTATO CHIPS IN
TROY AIKMAN'S SUITE, AND IF WE
DON'T GET IT, I'M GOING TO BUY
THIS HOTEL AND YOU'RE THE FIRST
PERSON WE'RE GOING TO FIRE.
AND TROY LOOKED AT ME AND SAID,
WE AIN'T GETTING NO FOOD.
VERY SELDOM IS THAT LINE
CROSSED.
CROSSED.
CROSSED. IT DOES WITH TROY AIKMAN.
I'M THE SELF-APPOINTED
PRESIDENT OF THE TROY AIKMAN
FAN CLUB AND I MAKE NO