Peyton Manning Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“Remind your critics when they say you don't have the expertise or experience to do something that an amateur built the ark and the experts built the Titanic”
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“When you get a lot of money thrown at you, you can make some dumb decisions without the right advice.”
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“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.”
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“I like to be able to do things on my own. I'm a big boy. I can drive myself to an appearance or get on a plane. I like a little bit of independence.”
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“I never left the field saying I could have done more to get ready and that gives me piece of mind.”
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“Some guys lose their focus. They get caught up in the business deals or the endorsements, and they lose their focus. For me, it's always about football. I've never lost sight of what's making all these other things happen.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“I was never on a mission to be an NFL quarterback. I wanted to be a good high school player, and I worked hard at that. That made me good enough to play in college and then I wanted to be a good college quarterback. During college I played well enough to make it into the NFL. I never took it for granted and really wanted to play hard at each level and I have always had a lot of fun doing what I wanted to do.”
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“My dad told us up front, 'Guys, if you want to play sports, go ahead, but it's your decision.”
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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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“Touchdowns to me means that you're scoring points and helping your team win games. You can have a lot of yards and not have points and not win games. So, this only means something because it has helped our teams win games and we won the division today in a competitive AFC West, that's a good thing.”
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“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.”
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“I don't usually stink, but I stunk”
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“In life, and in sports, we all know that nothing lasts forever.”
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“Anyone who waits for someone else to make a change automatically becomes the follower.”
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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'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.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“The head coach tells us what to do, and we follow his orders.”
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“Everyone should play like Adrian Peterson. This guy does everything full speed. Pro Bowl - promoting himself for MVP.”
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“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.”
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“You can play pickup basketball, but you can't really re-create football.”
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“I'm a serious person by nature - sometimes too serious.”
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“I'm proud to be Archie's son. Being a quarterback, I had my mentor and hero living in the same house.”
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“I would like to think I will be a guy who knows when it's time to stop. I don't want to be a guy who hung on and hung on. I do not have a goal in mind of a year or a statistic.”
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“Whenever people ask you where you're from and you say New Orleans, it's always going to create a conversation.”
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“My dad was a class person on and off the field. That's the person I want to be.”
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“I want to be out there every single snap, every single play.”
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