QUOTES by Archie Manning
Find most favourite and famour Authors from A.A Milne to Zoe Kravitz.
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.
Quote by -Archie Manning
The '84 Bears were just like the '85 Bears, they just didn't win the Super Bowl. The defense was the same.
Quote by -Archie Manning
In college, I was a running QB. We were a sprint out offense, so I had a big transition going into pro ball.
Quote by -Archie Manning
I decided not to pursue coaching. Even though the people in coaching are some of my best friends and people I admire the most.
Quote by -Archie Manning
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.
Quote by -Archie Manning
Sometimes you can have the quarterback and no system. Sometimes, you can have a system with an average quarterback and do well.
Quote by -Archie Manning
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.
Quote by -Archie Manning
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.
Quote by -Archie Manning
Cooper and Peyton really competed a lot, they fought a lot. But Eli was so much younger. He's the little brother.
Quote by -Archie Manning
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.
Quote by -Archie Manning
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.
Quote by -Archie Manning
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.
Quote by -Archie Manning
People are just so passionate about football in the South. Great rivalries through the years. Unbelievable rivalries. It's healthy.
Quote by -Archie Manning
Kids are doing more in their offseason. That's what the college quarterbacks, the pro quarterbacks do. That's how you get better.
Quote by -Archie Manning
We just take pride that our sons have worked hard and they handle their position as a quarterback.
Quote by -Archie Manning
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!
Quote by -Archie Manning