Peyton Manning Quotes & Sayings

If people think I'm a laid-back guy, that's their mistake. — Peyton Manning

Some guys lose their focus. They get caught up in the business deals or the endorsements, and they lose their focus. For me, it's always about football. I've never lost sight of what's making all these other things happen. — Peyton Manning

I don't like to play favorites, and I do try to spread the ball around. But there's an old rule: You throw to the guys who get open in practice. — Peyton Manning

I never left the field saying I could have done more to get ready and that gives me piece of mind. — Peyton Manning

Im happy to volunteer for the American Red Cross Celebrity Cabinet. The Red Cross is an organization that responds to those in need and it is an honor to help them with the lifesaving role they play everyday in communities nationwide. — Peyton Manning

Whatever happens, happens. I can't give you a prediction because Jim (Irsay) and I will sit down at some point and he'll get a feel for where I am and I'll get a sense of what direction he wants to go. Right now, I have no idea. — Peyton Manning

I remember when I first got into the league, I thought how it would be nice to have a year when you were the best. That means your team is probably winning. — Peyton Manning

I'd like people to understand that I do have some personality. — Peyton Manning

Boy, do I hate to lose. — Peyton Manning

I want to be out there every single snap, every single play. — Peyton Manning

Ive never taken for granted what weve had, not for one single game, not one single practice, ... Ive truly been blessed. — Peyton Manning

Anyone who waits for someone else to make a change automatically becomes the follower. — Peyton Manning

The head coach tells us what to do, and we follow his orders. — Peyton Manning

It's kind of boring to me if teams never throw the ball. — 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

Being there every week for my teammates is really important to me. It's about accountability. I hear stuff about the 'toughest quarterback in the league' and all that; what's that mean? — Peyton Manning

It goes without saying, winning against a good team in a hostile crowd on the road, it's just an absolutely huge win. — Peyton Manning

You can play pickup basketball, but you can't really re-create football. — Peyton Manning

The attitude with which we approach the situation can determine our success or failure. — Peyton Manning

I pray every night, sometimes long prayers about a lot of things and a lot of people, but I don't talk about it or brag about it because that's between God and me, and I'm no better than anybody else in God's sight. — Peyton Manning

I'm proud to be Archie's son. Being a quarterback, I had my mentor and hero living in the same house. — Peyton Manning

If teams keep playing us this way, it's going to be like this — Peyton Manning

In life and in sports we know that nothing lasts forever. The same year the greatest physical gift (football) the Lord gave me was taken away from me, I was blessed with the greatest gift any of us could have in two beautiful children. I'd take that trade every day of the week. — Peyton Manning

I walked around for a while angry, in a bad mood ... 'Woe is me.' I've gotten over that. It doesn't do any good. — Peyton Manning

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

Touchdowns to me means that you're scoring points and helping your team win games. You can have a lot of yards and not have points and not win games. So, this only means something because it has helped our teams win games and we won the division today in a competitive AFC West, that's a good thing. — Peyton Manning

My job is to play well offensively and help my team score points. So I feel very responsible every time we lose a game. — Peyton Manning

Everyone should play like Adrian Peterson. This guy does everything full speed. Pro Bowl - promoting himself for MVP. — Peyton Manning

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

Remind your critics when they say you don't have the expertise or experience to do something that an amateur built the ark and the experts built the Titanic — 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

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

To all the fantasy owners who drafted me: You're welcome. — Peyton Manning

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. — Peyton Manning

I was never on a mission to be an NFL quarterback. I wanted to be a good high school player, and I worked hard at that. That made me good enough to play in college and then I wanted to be a good college quarterback. During college I played well enough to make it into the NFL. I never took it for granted and really wanted to play hard at each level and I have always had a lot of fun doing what I wanted to do. — Peyton Manning

If you work hard and you play well, all those critics quiet themselves pretty quickly. — Peyton Manning

If your team is going to win, you need to play better than the other quarterback. — Peyton Manning

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. — Peyton Manning

If you wait for others to initiate change you automatically become a follower. — Peyton Manning

I feel one of the most significant honors a player can have in his sport is to have his number retired. Certainly for me to have that at Tennessee, it's with great pride. — Peyton Manning

I'm a serious person by nature - sometimes too serious. — Peyton Manning

I'm the best Manning. — Peyton Manning

I don't want to retire. I still want to play. — 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

When people are watching you, it makes you think twice about what you do, and the things you say, and the people you hang around with. — Peyton Manning

I love being coached. I get angry when I'm not coached. I ask a lot of questions and certainly appreciate any insight and feedback. I think if you ever stop listening to coaching or stop asking questions, you probably need to be doing something else. — Peyton Manning

I understand the seriousness of concussions. — Peyton Manning

You've got to remember what your priorities are. When you're playing, what u do on the field is the most important thing. — Peyton Manning

Pressure is something you feel when you don't know what the hell you're doing. — Peyton Manning

Whenever people ask you where you're from and you say New Orleans, it's always going to create a conversation. — Peyton Manning

He had a Halloween party and I dressed up as The King. One of the more enjoyable nights I've had. Nobody recognized me. They recognized me, but they recognized me as Elvis. I might have to bring that back to Indianapolis. — 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

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. — Peyton Manning

The game was much like our season. This game tested our toughness, our resilience, our unselfishness. It's only fitting that it turned out this way. This is a great bunch of guys to play with. I feel very, very grateful. — Peyton Manning

I would like to think I will be a guy who knows when it's time to stop. I don't want to be a guy who hung on and hung on. I do not have a goal in mind of a year or a statistic. — 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

Imitation is obviously a great form of flattery. — Peyton Manning

In life, and in sports, we all know that nothing lasts forever. — Peyton Manning

I see young quarterbacks just coming into the league, and they're throwing screens and layoffs right away. As funny as this might sound, I really learned a lot by going downfield, even in tight coverage. — Peyton Manning

When you get a lot of money thrown at you, you can make some dumb decisions without the right advice. — Peyton Manning

Some guys need to see things on a grease board, ... I like when you can see it in your mind. And that's what Marvin does, too. He visualizes. He sees things in his mind so well. — Peyton Manning

I like to be able to do things on my own. I'm a big boy. I can drive myself to an appearance or get on a plane. I like a little bit of independence. — Peyton Manning

I think e-mail is kind of a cheap way to communicate. It's a lazy way of writing a letter, you know. — Peyton Manning

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

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

I've 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 that's the reality of playing in the NFL. — Peyton Manning

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

After a loss like this we just have to go back and work harder. We got outplayed and that's all there is to it. You have to let it go, move on and just work harder. — Peyton Manning

My dad was a class person on and off the field. That's the person I want to be. — Peyton Manning

I don't usually stink, but I stunk — 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

In the NFL game today, there are a lot of better athletes than I am, and quarterbacks these days are faster than the quarterbacks have always been, they're running like crazy. But I kind of stick to my roots of the disciplined quarterback. You know, I'm doing the same routine every week, studying tapes and working hard, getting ready to play and making good decisions on Sundays. — Peyton Manning

We have to try really hard to not accidentally summon a demon. — Peyton Manning

Certainly our job as an offense to try to score points and that's running the ball, throwing the ball, whatever it is. Somehow, someway we've got to try to score points to help our team win. That's where the focus is and it's pretty easy just to focus on that. — Peyton Manning

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

Some people have this impression of me: 'Boy, he's always so serious on the field. Football. Football. Football.' — Peyton Manning

Some guys leave a place after a long time, and they're bitter. Not me. — Peyton Manning