 Titans All Access continues from the Bet MGM studio and as promised I got more Oilers gear on. I've put on my white shoes and I'm ready for this very special Nissan Insider with the newest member of the Oilers Titans Ring of Honor Billy White Shoes Johnson. It is an honor and a pleasure sir. Thanks for being here. Well thank you. It's good to be here. It's good to be seen these days. Alright so I have to ask this question. Do you ever wear anything other than white shoes? No I don't. Really one I might have but after a second or third year I don't think I have. So how did you become White Shoes Johnson? I was the president of the Pat Boone Club. We were white bucks. I'm lying. Who's gonna say you got to be kidding me? I know about the white bucks with Pat Boone Billy. No that's good. Very well done. I started just to be different in high school because at that time everybody's wearing black shoes and it kind of redundant to me and I just want to do a little flash. So we were sitting on our front porch I guess one day and a good friend of ours came up to me while I was out there. I'm young and impressionable. He asked me if you think you're so good why don't you wear white shoes like Joe Willey name it. Well because he was the guy who started. He wore those white spot builds. Exactly. They were so sweet. Yeah they were nice. I see what I did when I got my shoes finally. We went to a game and we played the best defense in our county and I had a good game and it was a homecoming game. So they says blazing Billy white shoes and ever since then and ever since that game that I had that good game and they've been calling me white shoes. Now my coach didn't didn't care too much for it at first. But when I went to training camp and I wore them one day and he came after a second and a third or fourth day two or days and we're going to have a scrimmage. He said what's up with the shoes. For no better reason I said they make me run faster. And he just said a word he just said okay. And I just said so we had a scrimmage and I had a good game. He never said another word about the shoes. Where did the dance come from and when did it first happen. I know I know the dance itself was the funky chicken. Yeah. Yeah. But where did it come from in your mind to do that and where did you first do it. I first did it. I was you know at that time in college we were playing a rival team of ours and they were a little hokey. They got a little love themselves you know. And me being always in the entertainment club at that time I would be hosting my club acts and stuff like that. So I had a chance to host a Rufus Thomas who made the funky chicken famous. He made a do the funky chicken. And I'm telling you another lie. So I should do that. I promise no more. No more story. But I did know Rufus Thomas. I didn't know that was true. That could have happened. Yeah. You're right. Yeah. That's what happened in the court of law. You could have told me that and I would have never doubted you. No. You're right. Because it's almost like the truth. You know. But no. But what happened. This is true. We were playing a rival ballclub of ours. And I said I'll tell you what. If I were to score I'm going to I'm going to dance and I did something and he said man you ain't going to do it. I said man I am I really. So I scored a couple times. I danced a couple of times and I kept my end of the bargain. Did you know you were going to do that when you got in the end zone when you were with the Oilers or did it just happen? It just I promise you it just happened. We had beat the Steelers I had scored on the end around and I went in there and I automatically did it. And then a couple of other times I said I'm not going to dance again. And it just happened. Then later on they said man we like that dance. We want to see you do it more. But you think about the fabric of the NFL and everybody knows who you are because of your nickname. They can't tell the story of this league without you. I mean you've had a remarkable career in and outside football but I mean this has got to be for a guy who played at Widener and it's got to be a little mind-numbing right? It is overwhelming to a point when Amy gave me the news that they were going to put me to the ring of honor. Boy I mean I was speechless and overwhelmed because that takes a lot for a team to sit down there and decide of who would go into the ring of honor. I'm looking at guys that I'm following are old Campbell, Robert Brazil, Alvin Bethea, Frank White check and all these guys. It's that's tall you know you're in big company big time company and you know I just feel blessed and fortunate that I came along when I came along and played for the right people and I just have been so fortunate. It's been a great walk for me a great run and I have no regrets. I do it again. This moment of being inducted into the ring of honor is something I never thought about. I never found in any way. Billy White shoes Johnson thank you so much for the time. Thank you. You can hear my entire conversation with the Oilers legend on the official Titans podcast available wherever you get your podcasts including Tennessee Titans dot com slash podcasts. That's the OTP.