Peyton Manning Quotes

For me, you've got to play football first. We're not trying to be accountants. The money takes care of itself. That's kind of how I think anyway.

When you play against Barcelona and other great teams in the world, you can lose. It happens.

Lots of great players, like Zidane and Figo, are about the same age as me.

All the great players are welcome in Paris.

My wish is to concentrate on playing football for Manchester City.

You can't compare my game with Messi's, Neymar's, or Cristiano Ronaldo's.

I'm happy staying in the World Cup bubble with England and eliminating the distractions. Besides, I want to enjoy every minute of this unique experience, and I don't want to look back and think that I was just sat on my phone.

When I came to Barcelona, I knew - I knew Neymar, Messi, and Suarez were in the team.

You cannot underestimate any team that has qualified for a semi-final.

By the time I was 10 years old, my entire life was football. Training, reading, watching, even playing football on PlayStation. I was totally focused on it. I especially loved the creative players - the maestros.

I only missed nine Premier League games from a possible 228 between August 2004 and May 2010.

The problem with many athletes is they take themselves seriously and their sport lightly.

I was a pretty good soccer player, but it just wasn't for me. I thrive in the intensified atmosphere on a football field.

Million dollar deals in my email, you mad as hell you ain't CC'ed

I'd rather play lacrosse six days a week and football on the seventh.

I'm excited about the opportunity to go back out there with my teammates and get another chance at this thing [a Super Bowl].

A great pianist doesn't run around the piano or do push ups with his fingers. To be great, he plays the piano. ...being a footballer is not about running, push-ups or physical work generally. The best way to be a great footballer is to play.

That's the name of the game ... pleasing the customer. If we ever lose sight of that fact, we've lost the ball game.

Being thick isn't an affliction if you're a footballer, because your brains need to be in your feet. And Beckham works hard, he's brave and he crosses a ball superbly. He treats a football like he does a wife, lovingly, with caresses.

I have made billions of dollars in business making deals. Now I'm going to make America rich again.

But I noted with real satisfaction how well ex-footballers seemed to have leadership qualifications . . . I believe that football, perhaps more than any other sport, tends to instill in men the feeling that victory comes through hard - almost slavish - work, team play, self-confidence, and an enthusiasm that amounts to dedication.

It is not coincidence that at Barcelona we have low-key lifestyles and we have been successful. We know we are football players and not movie stars.

It's easy to lose sight of the ultimate goal when you're in the trenches.

I played football with my whole body - My hands, my head, my face. I did it all.

Floyd Paterson and other fighters, they just don't take part.They make a million dollars, they get a Rolls Royce and a nice home and a white wife and think, 'well, I made it'.