About

“The Cowboys mean a lot to me. And God knows it, and I think the Lord has given me this opportunity to enjoy myself, because he knows that I really do.”

“Bob Lilly said to me not too long ago that when I was a very young girl I used to stand at the end of the tunnel and wait till they come out. I never thought they paid me any attention. All I wanted was to see the Cowboys, and see them play, and see them win.”

“And one time Bob Lilly gave me a glove. And I have to find it. I guess it would be a real good souvenir now. I have so many things that I don’t take the value of it that much.”

“I’d like to see ‘em win two or three Super Bowls before I go to heaven. They better get busy, huh?”

“I just go and do what I have to do. I enjoy. If it’s connected with the Cowboys, I enjoy.”

“Jesus, my family and the Cowboys. That’s what I preach.”

“It’s my extended family. This year, I learned, through the stuff that my family went through, I learned it was more than just coming out here and hanging out and drinking beer.”

“I don’t think anybody in our area had any idea of the scope of the damage that we were gonna receive. Over 5 feet of water in my home? That was the last thing on my mind.”

“Just to see our son’s bedroom furniture halfway through the wall in his room, it was crazy, just seeing everything that we worked so hard for.”

“My wife is incredible. If it wasn’t for her -- you know, the FEMA, the flood insurance, gathering receipts, you name it -- she’s been our leader through this whole ordeal.”

“I couldn’t imagine trying to go through this without her.”

“He took that knee for me. He took that knee for my son. He took that knee for every African-American person that has ever found themselves in the situation with law enforcement and fearful of what that outcome may be.”

“My wife didn’t think I was serious about boycotting. And I kept telling her, ‘I need to do something different.’“

“When I saw Colin Kaepernick take his knee, I thought it was one of the most amazing things that I had ever seen. It took me back to the days of Mohammad Ali.” (Above, members of the Brown family hold hands in prayer during a Thanksgiving gathering at his home.)

“I’m gonna do what people haven’t been willing to do, and that’s to put the two people that are most at risk in this situation in a room together, or send them to a game together.” (Above, Bryan Adams High School student Isaiah Stewart, right, tailgates with Dallas police officer John Mays.)

“One of the things I’ve always said is that sports will allow you to meet people that you probably wouldn’t meet.”

“When he grew up, there was no Patriots. My dad made me watch the Giants game, and the Cowboys would kick their ass every time. And I just started to like them.” -- Richard Rymsha, above with son Brett.

“There’s a lot of guys like me that were Cowboys fans that jumped the ship when the Patriots got good, and now suddenly they’re Patriots fans. I won’t do that ever.” -- Richard Rymsha

“It keeps us all together. It’s something we get together with every Sunday for 17 weeks.” -- Richard Rymsha

“We go to Dallas six or seven times a year. It’s just a major part of our life.” -- Richard Rymsha

“It’s not that often that we’re doing things away from each other.” -- Richard Rymsha

“I would describe my family as a very close-knit, tight family. We brought the kids up a little untraditionally. We talk about everything. We don’t have set rules. They never had timeouts ... but they’re very respectful, good kids.” -- Richard Rymsha

“We sit in the visitors’ section. And everyone should cheer for who they want ... but when it gets a little over the top, we’re kind of there to enforce the situation a little, and we don’t -- we don’t shy away from causing a little bit of an issue.”

“Just knowing that when we first met and realized that we were in love with the same football team, it just, like, it just bonded us even closer.” -- Justin McCurry, left

“Tim is my right-hand man. I know Tim will always be there. That he would ask me to marry him, it was no other way for me to do anything else but to say yes, because that’s who I wanna spend the rest of my life with.” -- Justin McCurry

“Why’d I wanna marry him? ‘Cause I love him. Why else do you marry someone? You love the good, you love the bad, you love the middle, you love everything. And he’s always in my corner. Why not?” -- Tim Sehon, left

“To figure out his ring size, I tricked him a little bit. I saw an ad for a Dallas Cowboy ring. It was, like, 10 bucks. I sent it to him in a text. ... A couple days later, he texts me with his size. And that’s when I started shopping for rings.” -- Tim Sehon, right

“The excitement of waking up in the morning, knowing it’s game day is, it’s just everything.” -- Justin McCurry, left

“I started to love the Cowboys with him, and we went to a Dallas Cowboy game when they were at the Irving Stadium ... And it felt like we were only there for 30 minutes. And it was the most fun we’d ever had together.”

“Brad takes out the jerseys, shoes, homemade Dallas Cowboys bikes down, decorates the truck with magnets and flags. On game days, we wake up at 4 a.m. to get on the road to drive to Dallas.”

“What drew me to them was the fun and intensity of going to a game and actually seeing it live in person and watching America’s Team win.”

“[Friends] might think I’m a little bit obsessive. My clothes relate to Dallas Cowboys, my life relates to Dallas Cowboys, and everything Dallas Cowboys is fun.”

“We’re not really like most other couples that are lovey-dovey, hang all over each other, kiss, hold hands, whatever. We show our love for each other in different ways. So Brad’s my MFP and I’m his MFP.”

“Brad works a lot. But I work every day of the week. That’s why Dallas Cowboy games are so important, because it’s the only time that I’m not working. We’re goin’ to games together and we’re focused on each other.”

“He actually takes all of his excitement for the Cowboys and jumps out of the seat and into the aisle. So if you’ve never seen something like that, you’re not expecting it.”