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The legend of Cowboys' Emmitt Smith's NFL rushing record and why it might never be broken

FRISCO, Texas -- Emmitt Smith swears he wasn't going through a midlife crisis last month.

"I've been wanting to get a tattoo for many years," the 53-year-old said. "It's just been weird in my head, 'Go ahead, do it. Go ahead."

And so, on a September trip to Las Vegas, he did it.

Smith had no doubt what the tattoo would be: the Dallas Cowboys star, of course. Then the number 18,355.

Fittingly, it's on the outside of his right leg, which helped him become the NFL's all-time leading rusher with 18,355 yards.