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ALAN BURTON is the author of four other books, including 'Til the Fat Lady Sings: Classic Texas Sports Quotes and Rave On: Classic Texas Music Quotes. He lives in Denison, Texas.

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."

". . . filled with quotes Cowboys fans love, some they hate, and many more they may not have heard before. . . . The more familiar quotes, they're all there too, make this book so much fun. . . . a great resource for those who love the Cowboys. . . . worth the price ($14.95) of purchase."
--(Sherman Herald Democrat)