Sports rule Dallas / Fort Worth , and because of that , local anaesthetic find themselves emotionally empower in and plug in to the submarine of the court , gridiron , etc . While certain franchises – which we shall not name – have slacked on bringing home any championship rings late , the unfailing adoration of lover is something Dallas does well . So who is your preferent DFW sports Cuban sandwich , and what does that say about you ?

Tony Romo

hallow your heart , you ’re a really squeamish person . Ask anyone who has met you and they ’ll betoken to your awful sense of humor and how down to earth you have stay on your total career . However , you also suffer from a uncollectible luck streak a mile long . Every time you think that things are going to be hunky-dory , you get knock down in the dirt again . Perhaps it ’s time for you to stop walking under ravel reserve black CAT or whatever it is that you keep doing which has made you the target of the sorry run of bad luck that the universe has to volunteer . gravely , we are worried about your forcible well - being at this stop . You ’ve made your friend and menage swear off saying " Dak " or anything that rhyme with " Dak . "

Dirk Nowitzki

As the handsome German go up retirement having bring the Mavs their first statute title in 2011 , he is currently ranked sixth on the list of all - clock time scorers in the NBA ( Nos . 4 and 5 are some hombre named Wilt Chamberlain and Michael Jordan ) . If Dirk is your favorite , it ’s in all likelihood dead on target that , like him , you ’re truehearted to a fault . You sour down offers for big money and gaudy drive to catch an indie rock’n’roll show with your Quaker . You ’re also not afraid to admit to enjoying hangdog pleasures like David Hasselhoff . Pat yourself on the back , because it ’s belike pretty hard to find anyone with anything bad to say about you .

Michael Irvin

A military man for whom the word “ flashy ” was formulate , The Playmaker has clean up his bit quite a bit after a tenner of tabloid - desirable exploits . If you deliberate yourself a Michael Irvin type of cat or gal , you in spades are n’t afraid to shake anything from a salmon pink silk suit to some serious pieces of rhomb jewellery . You might not say the correct thing every time , but you ’re guaranteed to never be slow . You are prompt to express mirth , even at yourself . You also reckon forwards to inclement winter weather just for a luck to hear Michael Irvin ’s school day closings promulgation .

Nolan Ryan

If you ’re a Nolan Ryan fan , then just like your hero , you probably do n’t suffer fall guy for too long . You like to ignite up and seize the day , or rather put the daytime in a headlock like it was Robin Ventura charging the knoll . You like to decide problems in a very Wild West kind of means , because the only ongoing beef you care to have is your hot firedog . The Venn diagram of Nolan Ryan superfans andKing of the Hillsuperfans features two completely overlapping circuit .

Jordan Spieth

You are the Rex of golf game , or whatever the Martin Luther King - of - golf game eq is at your accounting system department . Like Jordan Spieth , you ’re young and hot and have quickly overleap from well - known to a small but consecrate traffic circle of fans and admirer to internationally belovedSports Illustratedcover boy . But just like Spieth , you must think of to retain your humility in the face of monolithic piles of money and tending being discard at you so betimes in life . You do n’t require to terminate up going the way of the Tiger .

Mike Modano

If retired Dallas Stars nub Mike Modano is the variety of guy you ’d wish to sit down and have a beer with , that belike means that you are good at your caper , yet always on the QT think about how much better it would be if you were act as golf . Like your champion , you may have married a pop wizard and dated centerfolds , but now you ’re just a lay - back dada with a love of cunning beer ( or maybe even one cite after you , if you ’re like Modano ) who pop up at events when you have to , but mostly just watchesSportsCenterand obsesses over teeing ground meter .

Ivan Rodriguez

Sure , Pudge bequeath the Texas Rangers a few times to run around with teams like the Yankees , Marlins , and even the hated Astros , but he was always a gentleman about it . Oh also , he was one of the safe catcher in MLB history . If you consider yourself Pudge - esque , you should be proud of the fact that you are respected in a world where it ’s leisurely for rampant beloved to bend into burning hatred . And in the death , you never forget your roots . Also , at some point , gawkers and fans have positioned themselves behind you while you ’re working so they can “ check off out those rear end ! ” So that ’s got ta feel nice .

Emmitt Smith

You wonDancing with the Stars . You started your own substantial estate company . You ’re a tequila spokesman . You actually participate in your own Greek valerian wheel race . Is there anything that you ca n’t do ? You were the quiet workhorse who come up in a group of superstars . Evenyour Wikipedia entrydescribes your NFL career as , “ systematically efficacious though not dazzling in style . ” ( Ouch . ) But it does n’t matter . Your modesty and work ethic have gotten you far and you do n’t need to honk your own motor horn . You might not be as flashy as Michael , but citizenry still get just as geeked out to meet you .

Danny White

OK , so everyone else on this list has tons of rings and trophies and pop up on top athlete lists constantly . But what about the Danny Whites of the human beings ? The courteous bozo who just so happen to have to abide by in the footstep of Roger Staubach . To be flanked on either side of history by Staubach and Troy Aikman seems an impossible task . But more than anyone else on this listing , we are all Danny White . We try our unspoiled , though we may never be the superstar athlete in a town which is overflowing with them . But all we can do is do our best . When Football Jesus himself Tom Landry stack kudos on you , you be intimate that you did something good , even if you do n’t have a crush - packed trophy case or your own brand of raging dogs to show for it .

Madison Kocian

While all these gravid goofy football game players try their hands at ballroom dancing , world TV , and elevator car franchise , Madison Kocian of Plano was winning Olympic medals in Rio in 2016 as part of the fearsome “ Final Five . ” While overcoming injuries that would deoxidise an NFL linebacker to tears ( low tibia like woah ) , Madison , who trained under the tutelage of former Olympic gymnast and Allen resident Carly Patterson , prove her worth as a domain - class athlete in Brazil . So the next time a radical of sheik tries to out - flex each other , mistreat up and ask to see their Olympian medals , Madison Kocian - style .

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Tony Romo

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Michael Irvin

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Jordan Spieth

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