Ezekiel Elliott wants to make one thing clear: He wants to be part of the Cowboys organization — just for the right price.

The star running back, who has been sitting out of training camp this summer amid contract negotiations, broke his silence in an interview with Maxim published Monday about his time in the league and his potential future in Dallas.

“I love playing for the Dallas Cowboys, I love the organization, my teammates. I do want to be a Cowboy for the rest of my life and hopefully that’s a possibility,” Elliott told the magazine. “But even Emmitt Smith, the greatest running back ever, ended up going to play a couple of years for another organization. So it’s just the nature of the game, but I want to be a Dallas Cowboy for as long as I can.”

The Cowboys released Smith, a Hall of Famer, in 2003 when they wanted to go younger and cheaper at running back. Smith also had a protracted holdout in 1993. Smith missed the first two games of the regular season — both Cowboys losses — before signing a four-year, $13.6 million deal.

Elliott, a two-time Pro Bowler, says his strict negotiations are an attempt to stick up for elite backs such as himself. The Cowboys reportedly offered Elliott four years in the $55 million range, but the fourth-overall pick in the 2016 NFL Draft is seeking a deal more than Todd Gurley’s four-year, $60 million contract with the Rams.

“Until the very recent deal with Todd Gurley, I think there was an undervalue of the running back,” Elliott said. “But with guys like Gurley getting drafted so high, then me, and now guys like Saquon [Barkley] getting drafted in the first round, I think we’ve done a great job of bringing back the value of the position, showing the importance of the running back.”

Quarterback Dak Prescott and wide receiver Amari Cooper are also seeking big extensions from the Cowboys, but aren’t holding out of camp like Elliott. The 24-year-old is entering the final season of his four-year, $24.9 million rookie deal, and the Cowboys have exercised his fifth-year option worth $9.1 million for 2020, per Spotrac.