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Archie Manning Quotes
Archie Manning Quotes
Archie Manning
American
Athlete
Born:
May 19
,
1949
Football
Good
Life
People
Think
You
When I grew up, we played in vacant lots.
Archie Manning
Lots
Up
Grew
Played
Vacant
Mardi Gras, the drinking, the partying - that scared me.
Archie Manning
Me
Drinking
Scared
Partying
We went to school board meetings, we went to Little League games, and we did everything to be normal.
Archie Manning
School
Meetings
Everything
School Board
League
Normal
Did
Board
Little
Little League
Games
Peyton's pretty good at figuring stuff out.
Archie Manning
Good
Out
Pretty
Pretty Good
Stuff
Figuring
I'm as proud as the next guy, but I've always been a little skeptical of the daddies who walk around talking about what great athletes their kids are.
Archie Manning
Great
Walk
Kids
Athletes
About
Guy
Talking
Around
Always
Proud
Been
Little
Skeptical
Next
Who
When Peyton played, he was a grinder. I mean he was up early and late.
Archie Manning
Late
He
Up
Mean
Grinder
Played
Early
My wife, Olivia, always thought I was one day going to go into coaching. But after playing until I was 37, I didn't want to subject my family to that nomad life. I think I definitely could have done it.
Archie Manning
Life
Day
Family
Wife
Thought
Think
I Think
Definitely
One Day
Could
Until
Nomad
Always
Go
Subject
Done
Going
Want
After
Coaching
Olivia
Playing
When I see siblings in some families not get along, I just struggle with that. My wife says I need to be more real about it, but I just can't believe it when it happens.
Archie Manning
Struggle
Wife
Believe
Says
I See
See
Some
About
More
Along
Real
Families
Get
Just
Happens
Need
Sibling
I don't feel any different than Tom Brady's daddy just because I played. I don't think I'm any different from any other father who's got a son out there playing.
Archie Manning
Son
Father
Think
Other
Out
Feel
Because
Got
Brady
Than
Any
Just
Different
Just Because
Tom
Daddy
Played
Playing
Indianapolis is a great Midwestern city. Great people. Warm, friendly people.
Archie Manning
Great
People
City
Great People
Friendly
Midwestern
Warm
The '84 Bears were just like the '85 Bears, they just didn't win the Super Bowl. The defense was the same.
Archie Manning
Win
Defense
Super
Super Bowl
Bears
Like
Bowl
Were
Same
Just
When I showed interest in sports, my dad handled it right. I lost my dad when I was nineteen years old. Up until then, his policy on sports was that you can go out for any sport you want to - but don't even think about quitting. If you don't like it, you're going to stick it out.
Archie Manning
You
Sports
Old
Lost
Think
Nineteen
Out
About
Like
Until
Sport
Policy
Stick
Go
His
Years
Up
Handled
Any
Going
Quitting
Want
Interest
Then
Even
Dad
Right
I think the first thing that my sons will tell you, that I never tried to be their coach. And I didn't give them as much advice as some people might think, being a former player myself and a former quarterback. If they asked, I gave them my opinion.
Archie Manning
Myself
You
People
Will
Some People
First
Advice
Think
Gave
I Think
Tell
Tried
Some
Give
Never
Sons
First Thing
Opinion
Quarterback
The First Thing
Being
Former
Them
Might
Asked
Much
Coach
Thing
Player
My advice for parents is to support your children, make sure they are having fun. Support them and be there for them. Give them encouragement and make it a life lesson that along the way they are learning to make good decisions and do the right thing.
Archie Manning
Life
Good
Do The Right Thing
Learning
Parents
Advice
Encouragement
Lesson
Right Thing
Way
Give
Life Lesson
Having
Having Fun
Support
Along
Make
Sure
Children
The Right Thing
Decisions
Them
Your
Fun
Right
Thing
TPC Louisiana, where the Zurich Classic is held, is an outstanding course.
Archie Manning
Classic
Outstanding
Course
Louisiana
Where
Held
It's a hard time, winning the Super Bowl or losing the Super Bowl.
Archie Manning
Time
Losing
Super
Super Bowl
Winning
Bowl
Hard
Hard Time
I'm glad I got to play 15 years. I'm not scarred by the fact I didn't do better, or win more. I don't even talk about it, other people do.
Archie Manning
People
Win
Better
Other
Scarred
About
More
Fact
Glad
Talk
Got
Years
Even
Play
In college, I was a running QB. We were a sprint out offense, so I had a big transition going into pro ball.
Archie Manning
College
Big
Out
Running
Had
Ball
Were
Sprint
Offense
Pro
Going
Transition
I've said publicly, and it's true, I've had a lot of wonderful things come my way. But personally, the greatest thing I ever accomplished was when I was named the starting quarterback at Ole Miss. That was my childhood dream, as it was thousands of kids in Mississippi.
Archie Manning
Wonderful
Way
Kids
Dream
Thousands
Had
True
Miss
Named
Come
Mississippi
Greatest
Said
Quarterback
Accomplished
Lot
Greatest Thing
Wonderful Things
Childhood
Childhood Dream
Personally
Publicly
Ever
Ole
Thing
Things
Starting
As a family, we didn't get into the celebrity thing. That's not what we wanted for the boys. We wanted them to play everything they could, be involved in as many school events as they could.
Archie Manning
Family
Events
School
Everything
Could
Involved
Boy
Celebrity
Celebrity Thing
Get
Wanted
Them
Many
Play
Thing
The best we ever did was 8-8. But my career was not as dreadful as people make it out to be. You don't see any scars on Archie Manning.
Archie Manning
Best
You
People
Out
Dreadful
See
Scars
Archie
Make
Did
Any
Ever
Career
Oh, the years fly by, that's just natural.
Archie Manning
Natural
Fly
Years
Oh
Just
We never knew we'd have kids playing pro football or going to Super Bowls. That wasn't ever a part of our plan in raising kids, so we really feel blessed.
Archie Manning
Blessed
Our
Kids
Super
Super Bowls
Never
Football
Part
Knew
Feel
Bowls
Pro
Pro Football
Going
Plan
Really
Ever
Playing
Raising
My first toy was an adjustable wrench I called 'my wrencher.'
Archie Manning
First
Wrench
Toy
Drew Bledsoe is a great talent. He had some fantastic years early in his career.
Archie Manning
Great
Some
Drew
Had
He
Talent
Great Talent
His
Years
Fantastic
Early
Career
The Saints - it gave people joy.
Archie Manning
People
Joy
Gave
Saints
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