A biography for Peyton Manninghasn’t been written yet.
“Life is not shrinking for me; it's morphing into a whole new world of possibilities.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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 revere football. I love the game. You don't have to wonder if I will miss it. I will absolutely miss it.”
“Don't ever think, no matter how old you are, that you don't need to be coached.”
“Football's been such a part of my life. It's allowed me to meet so many people and do so many things.”
“I would love to have played in the '60s. Now that would have been fun.”
“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.”
“My dad told us up front, 'Guys, if you want to play sports, go ahead, but it's your decision.'”
“I cherished my time playing high school sports.”
“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'm the best Manning.”
“I do vote. I have voted ever since I've been eligible to vote.”
“I'll always be a Colt. I always will be. That'll never change.”
“I have been tremendously impacted and influenced by my coaches. It's nice to play for people that are going to support you.”
“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?'”
“Some guys leave a place after a long time, and they're bitter. Not me.”
“Quarterbacks coach, I would do at Tennessee. Head coach? Absolutely not.”
“It goes without saying, winning against a good team in a hostile crowd on the road, it's just an absolutely huge win.”