Archie Manning quotes

Archie Manning

"New Orleans people love their weekends."
Archie Manning
Love People New New Orleans
"When Peyton played, he was a grinder. I mean he was up early and late."
Archie Manning
Late Mean He Up
"God that's a great game. I wish I'd played my whole career in flag football."
Archie Manning
God Great Football Game
"I wasn't supposed to run as much as I did in the NFL. But it turned out that all that scrambling I had done in college became necessary in the NFL. It wasn't by design. It was because I was running for my life!"
Archie Manning
Life My Life Design Done
"The game of football is always changing."
Archie Manning
Football Game Always Changing
"I hate football."
Archie Manning
Football Hate
"We just take pride that our sons have worked hard and they handle their position as a quarterback."
Archie Manning
Pride Hard Just Position
"Kids are doing more in their offseason. That's what the college quarterbacks, the pro quarterbacks do. That's how you get better."
Archie Manning
You Better More Doing
"People are just so passionate about football in the South. Great rivalries through the years. Unbelievable rivalries. It's healthy."
Archie Manning
Great People Football Through
"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 Family Day Wife
"Coaches help every facet of a person's life."
Archie Manning
Life Person Help Every
"I've always said, in the era that I played, all those years with the Saints, you don't come out with a big ego."
Archie Manning
You Always Big Ego
"I cherish my time at Ole Miss. I cherish those four years."
Archie Manning
Time Cherish Four My Time
"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
Childhood Way True Dream
"I really don't think I have lived my life as an open book."
Archie Manning
Life My Life Think Open
"Cooper and Peyton really competed a lot, they fought a lot. But Eli was so much younger. He's the little brother."
Archie Manning
Brother Little Brother He Little
"As you get older, I have seen it a lot... fighting among siblings. The reason is usually money or spouses. But my kids don't fall into that trap."
Archie Manning
You Money Fighting Fall
"I was a good daddy."
Archie Manning
Good Daddy
"You never get used to losing."
Archie Manning
You Never Losing Get
"People say how unbelievable and enjoyable this whole thing must be. But watching your children play quarterback, putting themselves on the line every game, getting smacked around and bloodied up... it's very, very hard."
Archie Manning
People Game Getting Children
"Sometimes you can have the quarterback and no system. Sometimes, you can have a system with an average quarterback and do well."
Archie Manning
You Sometimes Well Quarterback
"Oh, the years fly by, that's just natural."
Archie Manning
Fly Just Natural Years
"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 Never
"The only thing I could do better than Peyton was run."
Archie Manning
Better Only Than Thing
"We didn't try to raise QBs we just tried to raise kids."
Archie Manning
Try Just Tried Kids
"I decided not to pursue coaching. Even though the people in coaching are some of my best friends and people I admire the most."
Archie Manning
Best People Admire Friends
"I like to play and I really enjoy watching golf in person or on TV."
Archie Manning
Golf Person Like Watching
"Bobby Petrino, I think he's an outstanding coach."
Archie Manning
Think He Outstanding Coach
"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
Big College Going Ball
"If you're a QB in the NFL, you'll be subjected to criticism."
Archie Manning
You Criticism NFL Subjected
"When you have a son playing, you pull real hard for his team."
Archie Manning
You Son Real Hard
"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 Like Just Same
"Back in 1983, quarterback Tommy Kramer got hurt and the Minnesota Vikings traded for me. The plan was for me to play, but I got something called Graves' disease, an autoimmune disorder, and wound up on injured reserve."
Archie Manning
Me Back Something Hurt
"I've always told my kids to have fun."
Archie Manning
Always Fun Kids Have Fun
"It's no fun when you lose."
Archie Manning
You Lose Fun No Fun
"I've enjoyed so little success as a professional player."
Archie Manning
Success Professional Little Enjoyed
"Success, you know, is a relative thing."
Archie Manning
Success You Know Thing
"You throw 40 times a game when you're first starting out, it's a crash course."
Archie Manning
You Game First Out
"My first toy was an adjustable wrench I called 'my wrencher.'"
Archie Manning
First Wrench Toy
"I've always felt my wife had class and a lot more culture than I do, and I've seen that rub off on Eli."
Archie Manning
Culture Wife Always More
"It's a hard time, winning the Super Bowl or losing the Super Bowl."
Archie Manning
Time Winning Losing Hard
"Emeril Lagasse is one of my great friends."
Archie Manning
Great Friends Great Friends
"TPC Louisiana, where the Zurich Classic is held, is an outstanding course."
Archie Manning
Classic Where Outstanding Course
"I didn't want to be one of these pushy daddies."
Archie Manning
Want Pushy
"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
Walk Great Always Proud
"We went to school board meetings, we went to Little League games, and we did everything to be normal."
Archie Manning
Everything School Meetings Normal
"The best advice I try to give a young quarterback is, you need to know what you're doing. You need to know what you're doing, because if you know where to go with the football, you can get rid of it and throw it and you won't get hit."
Archie Manning
Best You Football Advice
"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 Learning The Right Thing
"I'm not sure what the right age is to start playing football."
Archie Manning
Age Football Start Right

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