Johnson smiled and replied, "Well, how 'bout them Cowboys?" [Want great stories delivered right to your inbox? Create or log in to your FOX Sports account, follow leagues, teams and players to ...

And how did he quite naturally punctuate that speech? “How ‘bout them Cowboys!'' Jimmy barked, at which point he was mobbed by the likes of Michael Irvin, Emmitt Smith and Charles Haley.

The whole bit. Everybody, you did one hell of a job, and the only thing else I've got to say is … How bout them Cowboys!" That NFC championship victory launched Dallas' dynasty in the 1990s.

The former NFL coach's words in a tiny locker room in 1993 after the Cowboys beat the 49ers in the NFL title game have become part of NFL lore.