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" 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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" When I was drafted by the Colts, Indianapolis was a basketball and a car racing town, but it didn't take long for the Colts to convert the city and state of Indiana into football evangelists. "

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City

Car

Football

" Imitation is obviously a great form of flattery. "

" 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 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. "

Peyton Manning

You

Legacy

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

Peyton Manning

Long Time

Leave

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

" I would love to have played in the '60s. Now that would have been fun. "

" 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. "

Peyton Manning

Because

Fans

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

" 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 revere football. I love the game. You don't have to wonder if I will miss it. I will absolutely miss it. "

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

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

" I want to thank the people of New Orleans and south Louisiana. New Orleans is my hometown, and of course they support their own team, the Saints, but they also support their own, and that city and state have backed me from the start. "

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Team

Support

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

" 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. "

Peyton Manning

Best

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