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" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" A man's got to know his limitations. "

" I'm totally convinced that the end of my football career is just the beginning of something I haven't even discovered yet. "

" The one year the Lord took my greatest physical gift, he gave me the greatest gift you could have in children. So that was a real equalizer. And I would take that trade any day of the week. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" I do vote. I have voted ever since I've been eligible to vote. "

" I've learned a lot from my mistakes, stumbles, and losses in football. "

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

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

" 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 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. "

" Don't ever think, no matter how old you are, that you don't need to be coached. "

" 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. "

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

" I committed my life to Christ, and that faith has been most important to me ever since. "

" You can play pickup basketball, but you can't really re-create football. "

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" It goes without saying, winning against a good team in a hostile crowd on the road, it's just an absolutely huge win. "