QB Romo: I feel like I left something out there

Tony Romo was dressed like a professional basketball player Tuesday morning at the American Airlines Center. The former Dallas Cowboys franchise quarterback began his day as a Dallas Maverick by taking part in shootaround and posing for photos at half-court with his youngest son, Rivers.

He then answered questions from reporters for roughly six minutes. He called the experience a “huge honor” and something he felt like he didn’t deserve.

“Standing here today I feel a little bit embarrassed, to be honest,” Romo said. “Just in the sense that you’re lucky enough to be in a position that someone cares enough to do something to honor you. I’m a lucky guy.”

In his final response before leaving the podium, Romo mentioned how he wasn’t able to accomplish all of his NFL goals, an obvious reference to not winning a Super Bowl in his 10 seasons as Dallas’ starter.

“It’s been overwhelming,” Romo said of the time since he was released by the Cowboys and joined CBS to be their lead NFL analyst. “I had close to

600 text messages that I’m still working on. And a hundred-and-some calls and a bunch of other stuff.

“I guess it just makes you feel that you accomplished something in some ways because I feel like I left something out there that I always wanted to accomplish. And I got to live with that. That’s part of playing sports. It doesn’t always go the way you expect. You can put everything into it and sometimes it works out and sometimes it doesn’t. But it doesn’t mean you can be OK with it.”