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" 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

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" 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. "

Peyton Manning

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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. "

Peyton Manning

Good

Legacy

" 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. "

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

" Imitation is obviously a great form of flattery. "

" Nobody really wants to hear about anybody else's injuries. Or how your back feels. Whose back doesn't hurt? "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" My dad told us up front, 'Guys, if you want to play sports, go ahead, but it's your decision.' "

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

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

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

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

Peyton Manning

People

Personality

" I revere football. I love the game. You don't have to wonder if I will miss it. I will absolutely miss it. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "