If nothing else in life, I want to be true to the things I believe in, and quite simply, to what I’m all about. I know I’d better, because it seems whenever I take a false step or two I feel the consequences. – Peyton Manning
There are other players who were more talented, but there is no one who could out-prepare me. – Peyton Manning
My dad told us up front, ‘Guys, if you want to play sports, go ahead, but it’s your decision.’ – Peyton Manning
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. – Peyton Manning
I’ve never played, on the field, any other position besides quarterback. Never been on a special team. Never been on defense. – Peyton Manning
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. – Peyton Manning
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
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
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
Some people have this impression of me: ‘Boy, he’s always so serious on the field. Football. Football. Football.’ – Peyton Manning
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. – Peyton Manning
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
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
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
I committed my life to Christ, and that faith has been most important to me ever since. – Peyton Manning
I didn’t play organized football until I was in the seventh grade. Up until that point, I only played at recess and in the backyard. – Peyton Manning
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. – Peyton Manning
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
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
