Athlete

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.

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

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.

I've never played, on the field, any other position besides quarterback. Never been on a special team. Never been on defense.

I revere football. I love the game. You don't have to wonder if I will miss it. I will absolutely miss it.

There are other players who were more talented, but there is no one who could out-prepare me.

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

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.

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.

Each game in the postseason has its own identity.

Football's been such a part of my life. It's allowed me to meet so many people and do so many things.

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.

One of the things about football is, it's a relationship business.

I've tried to keep myself out of bad situations, and if that means I'm a Goody Two-shoes, so be it.

I enjoy teaching football.

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.

The word 'embarrassing' is an insulting word, to tell you the truth.

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?'

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.

A man's got to know his limitations.