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" My closest friends are from my high school days. "

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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. "

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

" 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 miss a lot of things about Indianapolis. I miss a lot of friends in Indy. St. Elmo's. The Slippery Noodle. Amalfi's. "

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

" 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. "

" 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 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.' "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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" 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. "

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

" I enjoy teaching football. "

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