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I've tried to keep myself out of bad situations, and if that means I'm a Goody Two-shoes, so be it.
I think e-mail is kind of a cheap way to communicate. It's a lazy way of writing a letter, you know.
Football's been such a part of my life. It's allowed me to meet so many people and do so many things.
I'm proud to be Archie's son. Being a quarterback, I had my mentor and hero living in the same house.
When you get a lot of money thrown at you, you can make some dumb decisions without the right advice.
I revere football. I love the game. You don't have to wonder if I will miss it. I will absolutely miss it.
Nobody really wants to hear about anybody else's injuries. Or how your back feels. Whose back doesn't hurt?
Whenever people ask you where you're from and you say New Orleans, it's always going to create a conversation.
Some people have this impression of me: 'Boy, he's always so serious on the field. Football. Football. Football.
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.
Some people have this impression of me: 'Boy, he's always so serious on the field. Football. Football. Football.'
It goes without saying, winning against a good team in a hostile crowd on the road, it's just an absolutely huge win.
Everyone should play like Adrian Peterson. This guy does everything full speed. Pro Bowl - promoting himself for MVP.
My job is to play well offensively and help my team score points. So I feel very responsible every time we lose a game.
Ive never taken for granted what weve had, not for one single game, not one single practice, ... Ive truly been blessed.
You've got to remember what your priorities are. When you're playing, what u do on the field is the most important thing.
I'm totally convinced that the end of my football career is just the beginning of something I haven't even discovered yet.
I have been tremendously impacted and influenced by my coaches. It's nice to play for people that are going to support you.
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.
I've never played, on the field, any other position besides quarterback. Never been on a special team. Never been on defense.
I feel like I've improved at everything I've done every single year - except golf. Golf, I've managed to stay exactly the same.
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.
You certainly miss a lot of things about Indianapolis. I miss a lot of friends in Indy. St. Elmo's. The Slippery Noodle. Amalfi's.
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.
When you play for 20 years - and really, I never had to miss a game due to injury - that's not just good protection. That's good luck.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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...
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.'
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.