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" 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. "

Peyton Manning

City

Car

Football

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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. "

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

" 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 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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Legacy

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

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

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

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

" I've never played, on the field, any other position besides quarterback. Never been on a special team. Never been on defense. "

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

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

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His

" 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

Legacy

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

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

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

" Don't ever think, no matter how old you are, that you don't need to be coached. "

" 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 cherished my time playing high school sports. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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

Friend

Thought

" I want to thank the people of New Orleans and south Louisiana. New Orleans is my hometown, and of course they support their own team, the Saints, but they also support their own, and that city and state have backed me from the start. "

Peyton Manning

Team

Support

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

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