Peyton Manning Quotes

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Peyton Manning

Profession : Athlete

Birth : March 24, 1976

Over my NFL career, I've had five head coaches who have helped me become better at my craft and have helped me become a better human being: Jim Mora, Tony Dungy, Jim Caldwell, John Fox, Gary Kubiak.

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My closest friends are from my high school days.

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Growing up in New Orleans as Archie Manning's son, I felt like a target, and I've always known that whatever I'd do, people would hear about it. So I've had my guard up, and maybe that's molded my personality.

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If any other part of your body has some weakness, you go, 'Well I can probably manage.' But when you're a quarterback, and it's your right hand, you're certainly concerned far as being able to do your job.

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When you play for 20 years - and really, I never had to miss a game due to injury - that's not just good protection. That's good luck.

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In my very first NFL game, I completed my first pass to Hall of Fame running back Marshall Faulk.

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I don't believe in having a separate workout for quarterbacks. Other players hate that.

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I've put a lot of thought into being a leader.

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You certainly know when you have an opportunity, and you want to take advantage of it. And it's certainly disappointing when you don't.

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I was truly honored to be a part of that game, to be playing the 50th Super Bowl.

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When you take a year off from football, you come back for all the enjoyable moments. When you're not playing, you miss out on all the highs, but you also miss these disappointments. But I would rather be in the arena to be excited or be disappointed than not have a chance at all. That's football. That's why everybody plays it.

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My high-school coach Tony Reginelli was kind of famous for 'Reggie-isms,' kind of like 'Yogi-isms.' He always said if you want to be a good quarterback, when sprinting left you want to be amphibious and throw left-handed. I told him, 'You mean ambidextrous, coach?'

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My advice to the next quarterback that misses an entire year is to understand there is a little difference going out on the road again. You miss that. When you're hurt, you do not feel like you are part of it.

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You certainly miss a lot of things about Indianapolis. I miss a lot of friends in Indy. St. Elmo's. The Slippery Noodle. Amalfi's.

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The word 'embarrassing' is an insulting word, to tell you the truth.

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Everybody is going to be excited to play in a Super Bowl. When you still enjoy the preparation and the work part of it, I think you ought to be still doing that. I think as soon as I stop enjoying it, if I can't produce, if I can't help a team, that's when I will stop playing.

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The finger lick is just a really bad habit - I do it all the time. My wife Ashley is going to kill me if I do it at dinner one more time. I look like an animal about to dig in.

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I've never played, on the field, any other position besides quarterback. Never been on a special team. Never been on defense.

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Nobody really wants to hear about anybody else's injuries. Or how your back feels. Whose back doesn't hurt?

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I feel like I've improved at everything I've done every single year - except golf. Golf, I've managed to stay exactly the same.

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