Archie Manning Quotes

I love baseball. The game allowed me the influence to impact kids in a positive way. This gives me a chance to talk to some social issues.

It's always great to do something to impact kids in sports.

The sport in Scouting is to find the good in every boy and develop it.

Youth sports could not exist without millions of volunteers and modestly paid coaches who teach our children how to skate and catch and dribble and also how to get along with others.

Developing better people should be the number one goal for any coach when dealing with kids. In trying to develop better people, we are going to develop more and better pros.

I fell in love with coaching. I loved interacting with young people, having the opportunity to make a tremendous impression on them.

Coaches around the country are influencing the next generation of men in a positive way.

It's not just teachers, but coaches are helping to shape the young people of tomorrow.

There's something about that 15- to 18-year-old boy, the time of their life that you can really impact them, not only on the field but off the field and still get the competitiveness that I love.

When you decide to go into coaching, obviously you don't forget why. That's to help develop young people, help them chase their dreams, help them reach their goals.

I'm very passionate about the use of sports in young people's lives to build self-esteem and self-discipline and self-confidence. It's been a big thing for me.

We started a movement... to build character, citizenship and confidence in young people.

As a young boy, scouting gave me a confidence and camaraderie that is hard to find in modern life.

I didn't really want to be the coach who wins but the coach who educates.

The true value of sport is more than the skills that young people learn.

Vocational education programs have made a real difference in the lives of countless young people nationwide; they build self-confidence and leadership skills by allowing students to utilize their unique gifts and talents.

Here, I have an opportunity to affect the lives of a lot of young people - and not just on my football team. I'm not kidding myself that that would be true at the professional level.

No matter what color you are, if you mentor some little boy or girl, you make a huge difference in their lives because they then model behavior that leads to success versus modeling behavior that doesn't.

Every kid I've been around as a football player, they want their coaches to make them better as men and as players.

When I think about the future and how I can make a difference in the world, I want to be able to use my love of the game of baseball to be a good example and a good person.

And I love doing my radio show and I love some of the other interests that I have. But I really feel like the biggest contribution I can make is in the lives of the men in this Valor football program.

I'm thankful for the experience and to be able to coach other young people on their journey through college football. It's a privilege.

I love talking to the youth and helping them as much as I can or encouraging them, if I can help them at all.

There's natural mentoring that goes on in my life every day.

I'm a Prince of Wales Trust ambassador, so I'm all about giving youth an education, a voice and a chance to not take the wrong road.