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" Quarterbacks coach, I would do at Tennessee. Head coach? Absolutely not. "
Peyton Manning
Head
Tennessee
Coach
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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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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You
Mom
" Nobody really wants to hear about anybody else's injuries. Or how your back feels. Whose back doesn't hurt? "
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Back
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" 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. "
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Thought
Way
Retirement
" I'll always be a Colt. I always will be. That'll never change. "
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Never
Will
" Pressure is something you feel when you don't know what the hell you're doing. "
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Feel
You
" 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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Golf
Done
Everything
" 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. "
Peyton Manning
Noodle
Friends
Indy
" I revere football. I love the game. You don't have to wonder if I will miss it. I will absolutely miss it. "
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Love
Will
Football
" 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. "
Peyton Manning
Good
Legacy
Me
" My dad told us up front, 'Guys, if you want to play sports, go ahead, but it's your decision.' "
Peyton Manning
Want
You
Sports
" The word 'embarrassing' is an insulting word, to tell you the truth. "
Peyton Manning
Truth
Word
You
" There are other players who were more talented, but there is no one who could out-prepare me. "
Peyton Manning
Talented
Players
Other
" I've put a lot of thought into being a leader. "
Peyton Manning
Put
Lot
Leader
" 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. "
Peyton Manning
You
Football
Chance
" 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
" Some people have this impression of me: 'Boy, he's always so serious on the field. Football. Football. Football.' "
Peyton Manning
Football
Some
Serious
" 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. "
Peyton Manning
Now
Year
Stronger
" You can play pickup basketball, but you can't really re-create football. "
Peyton Manning
Basketball
Really
You
" 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?' "
Peyton Manning
Famous
Said
You
" The finger lick is just a really bad habit - I do it all the time. My wife Ashley is going to kill me if I do it at dinner one more time. I look like an animal about to dig in. "
Peyton Manning
Animal
Time
Wife
" I don't believe in having a separate workout for quarterbacks. Other players hate that. "
Peyton Manning
Other
Believe
Hate
" 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. "
Peyton Manning
Children
You
Week
" I committed my life to Christ, and that faith has been most important to me ever since. "
Peyton Manning
Faith
Me
Important
" I've learned a lot from my mistakes, stumbles, and losses in football. "
Peyton Manning
Football
Lot
Mistakes
" 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
Like
Legacy
" 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. "
Peyton Manning
Work
Think
Team
" You hear about how many fourth quarter comebacks that a guy has and I think it means a guy screwed up in the first three quarters. "
Peyton Manning
Think
You
Three
" I've never played, on the field, any other position besides quarterback. Never been on a special team. Never been on defense. "
Peyton Manning
Team
Never
Special