Athlete

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.

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.

Times change, circumstances change, and that's the reality of playing in the NFL.

I would love to have played in the '60s. Now that would have been fun.

'Grateful' is the word that comes to my mind when thinking of the Denver Broncos.

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've been a Colt for almost all of my adult life, but I guess in life, and in sports, we all know nothing lasts forever. Times change, circumstances change, and that's the reality of playing in the NFL.

I don't believe in having a separate workout for quarterbacks. Other players hate that.

My closest friends are from my high school days.

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.

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.

Some guys leave a place after a long time, and they're bitter. Not me.

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 committed my life to Christ, and that faith has been most important to me ever since.

My advice to the next quarterback that misses an entire year is to understand there is a little difference going out on the road again. You miss that. When you're hurt, you do not feel like you are part of it.

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

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.