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

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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. "

" 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. "

" 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 understand the seriousness of concussions. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

" Everyone should play like Adrian Peterson. This guy does everything full speed. Pro Bowl - promoting himself for MVP. "

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

" 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. "

" 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 have been tremendously impacted and influenced by my coaches. It's nice to play for people that are going to support you. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

" 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 enjoy teaching football. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" I cherished my time playing high school sports. "