Peyton Manning
There's no way to measure or properly express what a family like mine can mean. Mom, Dad, Cooper, Eli, extended family, you are the best.Collection: Dad
My dad told us up front, 'Guys, if you want to play sports, go ahead, but it's your decision.'Collection: Sports
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?'Collection: Famous
I get asked a lot about my legacy. For me, it's being a good teammate, having the respect of my teammates, having the respect of the coaches and players. That's important to me.Collection: Respect
Pressure is something you feel when you don't know what the hell you're doing.
You hear about how many fourth quarter comebacks that a guy has and I think it means a guy screwed up in the first three quarters.
There are other players who were more talented, but there is no one who could out-prepare me.
Don't ever think, no matter how old you are, that you don't need to be coached.
Life is not shrinking for me; it's morphing into a whole new world of possibilities.
Imitation is obviously a great form of flattery.
I've learned a lot from my mistakes, stumbles, and losses in football.
I understand the seriousness of concussions.
I never thought 'Sodapop Curtis' would announce my retirement. I always thought I would be the one to announce it. I'm a huge fan of the movie, but that caught me way off guard. I can't explain it.
It goes without saying, winning against a good team in a hostile crowd on the road, it's just an absolutely huge win.
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.
Nobody really wants to hear about anybody else's injuries. Or how your back feels. Whose back doesn't hurt?
I guess, to tell you the truth, I've never had much of a desire to grow facial hair. I think I've managed to play quarterback just fine without a mustache.
I was talking to my good friend Kid Rock a while ago, and he told me if I'd send him a helmet, he'd send me an autographed platinum record. I thought that was a pretty sweet swap.
I pray every night, sometimes long prayers about a lot of things and a lot of people, but I don't talk about it or brag about it because that's between God and me, and I'm no better than anybody else in God's sight.
'Grateful' is the word that comes to my mind when thinking of the Denver Broncos.
If nothing else in life, I want to be true to the things I believe in, and quite simply, to what I'm all about. I know I'd better, because it seems whenever I take a false step or two I feel the consequences.
I revere football. I love the game. You don't have to wonder if I will miss it. I will absolutely miss it.
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.
Each game in the postseason has its own identity.
When you go through a significant injury and have a major career change, you truly do go one year at a time, and you don't look past what's going on now, because you are not sure what's going to happen. Tomorrow is not promised.
I've tried to keep myself out of bad situations, and if that means I'm a Goody Two-shoes, so be it.
I'm the best Manning.
I don't want to retire. I still want to play.
The head coach tells us what to do, and we follow his orders.
Some people have this impression of me: 'Boy, he's always so serious on the field. Football. Football. Football.'
I'd like people to understand that I do have some personality.
Some guys leave a place after a long time, and they're bitter. Not me.
I have to leave the games now if the announcer says something I don't agree with. I'm thinking, 'Peyton, it is not healthy to be all worked up before a game.'
I would love to have played in the '60s. Now that would have been fun.
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.
I am stronger than I was last year. I am throwing the ball better now in May of 2013 than I did in May of 2012 - significantly better. I got better throughout the season.
You can play pickup basketball, but you can't really re-create football.
I think I could describe the perfect quarterback. Take a little piece of everybody. Take John Elway's arm, Dan Marino's release, maybe Troy Aikman's drop-back, Brett Favre's scrambling ability, Joe Montana's two-minute poise and, naturally, my speed.
Everyone should play like Adrian Peterson. This guy does everything full speed. Pro Bowl - promoting himself for MVP.
It truly has been an honor to play in Indianapolis. I do love it here. I love the fans, and I will always enjoy having played for such a great team.
I've been a Colt for almost all of my adult life, but I guess in life, and in sports, we all know nothing lasts forever. Times change, circumstances change, and that's the reality of playing in the NFL.
I've been being asked about my legacy since I was about 25 years old. I'm not sure you can have a legacy when you're 25 years old. Even 37. I'd like to have to be, like, 70 to have a legacy. I'm not even 100 percent sure what the word even means.
I committed my life to Christ, and that faith has been most important to me ever since.
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.
I'll even miss the Patriots fans in Foxborough, and they should miss me, because they sure did get a lot of wins off of me.
I'm retiring as a football player from the University of Tennessee who played for the Colts and the Broncos and was very lucky to have played for all of them.
I was truly honored to be a part of that game, to be playing the 50th Super Bowl.
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.
I didn't play organized football until I was in the seventh grade. Up until that point, I only played at recess and in the backyard.
I've never played, on the field, any other position besides quarterback. Never been on a special team. Never been on defense.