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" 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. "

Peyton Manning

Year

Feel

Hurt

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" I get asked a lot about my legacy. For me, it's being a good teammate, having the respect of my teammates, having the respect of the coaches and players. That's important to me. "

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

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

" I'd like people to understand that I do have some personality. "

Peyton Manning

People

Personality

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" I have to leave the games now if the announcer says something I don't agree with. I'm thinking, 'Peyton, it is not healthy to be all worked up before a game.' "

Peyton Manning

Healthy

Game

" 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. "

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

" If any other part of your body has some weakness, you go, 'Well I can probably manage.' But when you're a quarterback, and it's your right hand, you're certainly concerned far as being able to do your job. "

" 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. "

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

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

" I'm the best Manning. "

Peyton Manning

Best

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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?' "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "