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" 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. "

Peyton Manning

Lucky

University

Football

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Thought

" 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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Long

Better

" Growing up in New Orleans as Archie Manning's son, I felt like a target, and I've always known that whatever I'd do, people would hear about it. So I've had my guard up, and maybe that's molded my personality. "

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

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

" My advice to the next quarterback that misses an entire year is to understand there is a little difference going out on the road again. You miss that. When you're hurt, you do not feel like you are part of it. "

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

" 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. "

" I understand the seriousness of concussions. "

Peyton Manning

Seriousness

Understand

" Over my NFL career, I've had five head coaches who have helped me become better at my craft and have helped me become a better human being: Jim Mora, Tony Dungy, Jim Caldwell, John Fox, Gary Kubiak. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" Quarterbacks coach, I would do at Tennessee. Head coach? Absolutely not. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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'm the best Manning. "

Peyton Manning

Best

" I enjoy teaching football. "

" 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. "