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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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" 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. "

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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. "

" The head coach tells us what to do, and we follow his orders. "

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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. "

" I cherished my time playing high school sports. "

" I don't want to retire. I still want to play. "

" 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. "

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" Life is not shrinking for me; it's morphing into a whole new world of possibilities. "

" Pressure is something you feel when you don't know what the hell you're doing. "

" 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. "

" Football's been such a part of my life. It's allowed me to meet so many people and do so many things. "

" I think e-mail is kind of a cheap way to communicate. It's a lazy way of writing a letter, you know. I write a letter every now and then, you know, pick out somebody and drop them a line, because I always like receiving letters. "

" 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. "

" There are other players who were more talented, but there is no one who could out-prepare me. "

" I've tried to keep myself out of bad situations, and if that means I'm a Goody Two-shoes, so be it. "

" One of the things about football is, it's a relationship business. "

" Each game in the postseason has its own identity. "

" My closest friends are from my high school days. "

" Some people have this impression of me: 'Boy, he's always so serious on the field. Football. Football. Football.' "

" 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. "

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" I'm the best Manning. "

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" Some guys leave a place after a long time, and they're bitter. Not me. "

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" I don't believe I throw quite the same as before I was injured. "

" Times change, circumstances change, and that's the reality of playing in the NFL. "

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

" I'll always be a Colt. I always will be. That'll never change. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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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