It's no fun when you lose.
— Archie Manning
The '84 Bears were just like the '85 Bears, they just didn't win the Super Bowl. The defense was the same.
In college, I was a running QB. We were a sprint out offense, so I had a big transition going into pro ball.
I decided not to pursue coaching. Even though the people in coaching are some of my best friends and people I admire the most.
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.
Sometimes you can have the quarterback and no system. Sometimes, you can have a system with an average quarterback and do well.
I was a good daddy.
I really don't think I have lived my life as an open book.
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.
People are just so passionate about football in the South. Great rivalries through the years. Unbelievable rivalries. It's healthy.
I hate football.
God that's a great game. I wish I'd played my whole career in flag football.
I've always told my kids to have fun.
When you have a son playing, you pull real hard for his team.
Bobby Petrino, I think he's an outstanding coach.
We didn't try to raise QBs we just tried to raise kids.
Gosh, I loved playing.
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.
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.
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.
Coaches help every facet of a person's life.
Kids are doing more in their offseason. That's what the college quarterbacks, the pro quarterbacks do. That's how you get better.
The game of football is always changing.
When Peyton played, he was a grinder. I mean he was up early and late.
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.
If you're a QB in the NFL, you'll be subjected to criticism.
I like to play and I really enjoy watching golf in person or on TV.
The only thing I could do better than Peyton was run.
Oh, the years fly by, that's just natural.
You never get used to losing.
Cooper and Peyton really competed a lot, they fought a lot. But Eli was so much younger. He's the little brother.
I cherish my time at Ole Miss. I cherish those four years.
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.
We just take pride that our sons have worked hard and they handle their position as a quarterback.
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!
