Troy Aikman will always be remembered for his stellar 12-season career with the Dallas Cowboys from 1989 to 2000, but his post-NFL career has already surpassed his playing days in longevity.
Aikman has spent over 20 years in the broadcasting booth. Recently, during an appearance on “Sports Media with Richard Deitsch,” he revealed that he once came close to retiring from broadcasting after Super Bowl XLII—15 years ago, when the New York Giants shocked the New England Patriots in one of the most iconic Super Bowls in NFL history.
“I was at the hotel after the game having dinner with my then-wife, and I just remember thinking, ‘This could be the greatest game that I will ever call,'” Aikman said.
“It was a tremendous Super Bowl, it was a great finish…it was a historical game. And yet, after the game, I don’t know that I felt more empty than I did at that moment in my life. And I just thought, ‘Wow, if this is how I feel, maybe I’m in the wrong profession.’ I didn’t do anything to address that. I didn’t go into the offseason thinking anything differently, but I did think at that moment, maybe I should be doing something else.”
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That moment came roughly six years into Aikman’s broadcasting career alongside Joe Buck, and it was just their second Super Bowl together. Now, 24 years later, the duo remains one of the premier broadcast teams in pro football, headlining ESPN’s Monday Night Football.
The 59-year-old spoke about his future in the booth and when he might consider retiring—which, at the moment, doesn’t seem imminent.
“Every year, I’ve enjoyed it more and more. At some point I’ll walk away; hopefully it’s my decision whenever that time comes. But for right now, I’m really enjoying my time at ESPN. I love working with Joe,” Aikman told Deitsch. “I don’t see the end coming anytime soon.”
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