Former Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman joined the Musers on 96.7 FM/1310 KTCK-AM The Ticket on Thursday. Here are some highlights from the interview.

On Tom Brady playing in his 10­­th conference title game:

"I've said many times, there's no doubt that Bill Belichick benefits from having Tom Brady. But Tom Brady benefits by having Bill Belichick as his head coach. I know what that looks like. I know what that arrangement looks like. I experienced it for five years under Jimmy Johnson. There's something to be said when all you really have to do is go out, focus on playing football and doing your job and not having to worry about anything else and knowing that a head coach is going to handle it all. Bill Belichick, fortunately for Tom, doesn't want to do anything other than coach. That's good, because he's really good at it. I think there's a tendency ­­-- we all do, all those former players that played under Jimmy, we look back and say, 'Wow. What would it have been like if Jimmy had stayed around?' I find myself, it seems like every time around this type of year when the Patriots are playing in another AFC Championship game thinking, 'Man I wish Jimmy didn't have any other interests other than football back when he was coaching, didn't want to fish and get out on a boat and go out to the Keys,' because he was essentially, at that time, he was Bill Belichick. But unfortunately for us and other Cowboys fans, he's got other interests."

On having the right coach/quarterback combination:

"For Brady, I think the thing that's impressive is, for most of us we did it with one core group of guys. There's always turnover on your roster but the core group remained the same. That was the case with me, it was the case with Bradshaw, it was the case for the most part with Montana ... but when you think of Tom and what he's done, he's done it multiple times with not only a different cast of players but also with a different philosophy offensively."