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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.

- Peyton Manning

Legacy, Players, Having, Asked

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.

- Peyton Manning

About, Noodle, Certainly, Indy

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.

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City, Racing, Town, Convert

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.

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Sometimes, Anybody, About, Brag

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?'

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Good, Him, Quarterback, Left-Handed

I think e-mail is kind of a cheap way to communicate. It's a lazy way of writing a letter, you know. I write a letter every now and then, you know, pick out somebody and drop them a line, because I always like receiving letters.

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Drop, Communicate, I Think, Now And Then

Imitation is obviously a great form of flattery.

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Flattery, Form, Obviously, Imitation

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.

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Lucky, Football Player, Very, Tennessee

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

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Head, Head Coach, Would, Tennessee

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

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New, Possibilities, New World

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

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Play, Want, Still, Retire

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.

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Play, Think, I Think, Mustache

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

Thought, Kid, Talking, Platinum

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.

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Bad, Dig, About, Lick

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.

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Year, Everybody, Rather, Highs

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

Everybody, Poise, Joe, Arm

I've put a lot of thought into being a leader.

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Leader, Thought, Lot, Being A Leader

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

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Been, Ever, Voted, Eligible

My closest friends are from my high school days.

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Days, High, Closest Friends, Closest

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.

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New, Hometown, South, New Orleans

Growing up in New Orleans as Archie Manning's son, I felt like a target, and I've always known that whatever I'd do, people would hear about it. So I've had my guard up, and maybe that's molded my personality.

- Peyton Manning

Maybe, About, Guard, New Orleans

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

Think, Screwed, Means, Comeback

If any other part of your body has some weakness, you go, 'Well I can probably manage.' But when you're a quarterback, and it's your right hand, you're certainly concerned far as being able to do your job.

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Some, Other, Concerned, Manage

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

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Head, Tells, Head Coach, Orders

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.

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Gift, Week, Year, Greatest Gift

In my very first NFL game, I completed my first pass to Hall of Fame running back Marshall Faulk.

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Game, Very, Marshall, Completed

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.

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Last, May, Better Now, Season

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.

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Football, Play, Played, Backyard

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.

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Certainly, Take, Advantage, Disappointing

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.

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Like, Mine, Extended Family, Cooper

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