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Quotes by Peyton Manning

“Pressure is something you feel when you dont know what the hell youre doing.”

“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 bet Eli doesnt even have one touchdown today, ... Im the best Manning.”

“I dont know what youre talking about. What happened?”

“Really? He threw four? Its good to hear. I almost never get a chance to see him play. I just catch the highlights and then talk to him during the week. Hes playing well. Hes putting some pressure on me to catch up with his numbers.”

“This is mostly the fantasy guys asking me that and asking how were feeling this year. How many are you going to throw, ... You can tell by the tone of their voice if you dont throw over 50, its going to be a bad season.”

“What Eli and I want to do is help the city,”

“We are in to help for the long haul. This is our hometown.”

“I promise I will throw a lot of touchdowns in the new stadium -- a lot more than I threw on Sunday.”

“We had no idea what we were going to see, we were just kind of going by reports weve seen on TV. We talked to the Red Cross and asked how could we make an impact in the best way.”

Pressure is something you feel when you dont know what the hell youre doing.

If teams keep playing us this way, its going to be like this

I get asked a lot about my legacy. For me, its being a good teammate, having the respect of my teammates, having the respect of the coaches and players. Thats important to me.

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

Ive 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 thats the reality of playing in the NFL.

I cherished my time playing high school sports.

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?

I guess, to tell you the truth, Ive never had much of a desire to grow facial hair. I think Ive managed to play quarterback just fine without a mustache.

I committed my life to Christ, and that faith has been most important to me ever since.

When I was drafted by the Colts, Indianapolis was a basketball and a car racing town, but it didnt take long for the Colts to convert the city and state of Indiana into football evangelists.