Retirement hit Emmitt hard. He was used to sixty-thousand screaming fans. Now it was just Pat and the kids. That’s a tough crowd.
She didn’t let him mope. She put him in charge of homework. He learned math all over again. “Subtracting touchdowns is easier than subtraction,” he joked.
They also started a wine label together. Yes, wine. Emmitt & Pat: The Bottle. He drinks it. She laughs. He says it’s “for the after-parties.” She says it’s “for the patience.”
Quirky Fact #2: The TV Show Drama
Remember Dancing with the Stars? Emmitt won in 2009. Pat was his biggest cheerleader. But she also teased him constantly. “You look like a giraffe on ice,” she’d yell from the audience.
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He’d laugh mid-spin. Once, he tripped during rehearsal, sprained his ankle, and Pat said, “Good, now you can dance with a limp like the old man you are.” He got up and finished the routine. That’s love.
