Top 44 Archie Manning Quotes

We didn’t try to raise QBs we just tried to raise kids.

The best we ever did was 8-8. But my career was not as dreadful as people make it out to be. You don’t see any scars on Archie Manning.

Obviously, you have to have some physical ability to play quarterback in the NFL.

I like to play and I really enjoy watching golf in person or on TV.

I didn’t want to be one of these pushy daddies.

Mardi Gras, the drinking, the partying – that scared me.

God that’s a great game. I wish I’d played my whole career in flag football.

I’m not sure what the right age is to start playing football.

I don’t feel any different than Tom Brady’s daddy just because I played. I don’t think I’m any different from any other father who’s got a son out there playing.

It’s no fun when you lose.

I’m very proud of high school, college and pro football, the strides have been made to make it a safer game.

TPC Louisiana, where the Zurich Classic is held, is an outstanding course.

Cooper and Peyton really competed a lot, they fought a lot. But Eli was so much younger. He’s the little brother.

People are just so passionate about football in the South. Great rivalries through the years. Unbelievable rivalries. It’s healthy.

My first toy was an adjustable wrench I called ‘my wrencher.’

Frankly I’ve been in these situations where the locker room wasn’t good. That’s really the worst of times.

New Orleans people love their weekends.

Drew Bledsoe is a great talent. He had some fantastic years early in his career.

When I grew up, we played in vacant lots.

I cherish my time at Ole Miss. I cherish those four years.

Gosh, I loved playing.

My advice for parents is to support your children, make sure they are having fun. Support them and be there for them. Give them encouragement and make it a life lesson that along the way they are learning to make good decisions and do the right thing.

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.

Oh, the years fly by, that’s just natural.

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.

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’m as proud as the next guy, but I’ve always been a little skeptical of the daddies who walk around talking about what great athletes their kids are.

I was a good daddy.

The best advice I try to give a young quarterback is, you need to know what you’re doing. You need to know what you’re doing, because if you know where to go with the football, you can get rid of it and throw it and you won’t get hit.

As a family, we didn’t get into the celebrity thing. That’s not what we wanted for the boys. We wanted them to play everything they could, be involved in as many school events as they could.

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.

There’s nothing worse than seeing someone hurt out on the football field.

The quarterbacks who are picked in the first round and are declared – and I don’t like the word – busts, it’s not that the scouts were wrong about their ability or their potential. But commitment is such a huge part of it.

I don’t throw out advice unless I am asked.

I’m happy for my kids getting postseason opportunities, for both of them playing in the Super Bowl back to back. I never would have envisioned anything like that.

It’s a hard time, winning the Super Bowl or losing the Super Bowl.

I’ve always said, other than my dad, coaches had the greatest impact on me.

Growing up in a small town of two thousand people, there wasn’t too many ways to get in trouble. But I found some. We got caught stealing green plums from this old lady’s yard.

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.

Success, you know, is a relative thing.

I have a lot of empathy for quarterbacks.

Indianapolis is a great Midwestern city. Great people. Warm, friendly people.

I’ve watched what coaches do for young people in our country.

You get a new coach; you do things a little differently.