Eli Manning Quotes

It was a great place to grow up. There were always kids around in our neighborhood. We had a basketball hoop in the back of our house, a little front yard where you could get touch football games going. I know you think of it as a big city, but it was fun for me to grow up in New Orleans. I remember it as a very normal childhood.

No, we believed in ourselves all year. That's the position you want to be in.

Tom Brady is a great quarterback, he's a great player, and what you've seen with him is he's gotten better every year.

Opportunities are running out, and this is the do-or-die situation when the ball is in your hands, and you can either help your team to victory or not. And so I want to be in those situations. I think about them, and almost look forward to them.

I think a lot of guys want a son because of all of the things they do while growing up. A lot of guys want to share those experiences with their own sons.

I'm not satisfied. I'm still enjoying this. I still feel like I'm in the best part of my career and I can play at a high level. This is what I love to do: playing football and winning games.

I went through that phase where I wanted to almost be different than my brother. Just kind of argued a little louder or if there was a curfew, I always came in a little later than I was supposed to. If it was set for 12, I would come in at 12:45. I would test the limits a little. There was no real reason and I grew out of it, eventually.

If you think individual, that's how you're going to come off. I've always given 'team' a chance.

Obviously, you want to teach your child between right and wrong, respect and being kind to others, whether it's their sisters or parents. You try to teach them by example, talk to them and explain certain situations. But there's also a time to put them in time out or let them know they've made a mistake and try to learn from it.

You know your goals and what you need to do to get better-just eliminate the bad plays.

I'm the type of person who loves to stay busy, even in my off-season.

I'm no Bob Gibson. I can tell you that.

When I came to Ole Miss, everyone expected me to bring the program back to its glory days. I didn't want to put that kind of pressure on myself.

I try to stay level-headed and it's always the way I've been. Sometimes your personality out in the real world, you want to take that into your sport because that's where you feel comfortable. You never want to try to do something that's not you or you don't feel comfortable doing. That's where you get in trouble. It's the only way I've played sports and done things. I'm low-key, but I'm very competitive and hate to lose.

Be committed to whatever you're doing. That's something I've taken to heart and tried to do with whatever activities I take up.

The pitch count situatio-it doesn't matter if you throw 120 or 80, whatever. It's the quality of pitches that you throw.

My approach never changes from start to start.

The quarterback, you can play with a lot of big injuries. You get a little injury like an index finger or a thumb that most people can play with, sometimes you can't. I've stayed away from some of those.

I leave my heart on the court every night. I earn my keep.

I'll bring what I bring to the tale, but it's good to know you have two guys with the experience and know-how in big games.

My favorite football memory isn't beating Florida or winning the bowl game ... My favorite memories are of playing football with my brothers and my dad in the front yard when I was younger.

I don't think in the past. I don't think in the future. You grasp the moment.

I've gotten to watch a lot of football games. Growing up, watching sports, watching people compete, whether it's my brothers or teammates. I grew up observing and taking it all in. It's kind of my attitude.

I'm going to go out and be the best quarterback I can be and get the most out of my potential.

It's all about having fun. Play hard and fair, don't hurt anybody. Feel good about what you're doing and how you're doing it.

As a player, that's not your responsibility to comment and to give your opinion on another player. As a quarterback, I don't want another quarterback tweeting about my performance or judging me in that way.

Coaches have the worst hours in the world. They go home maybe twice a week. They're sleeping in their office. They're watching film. It's a brutal, brutal job and that's why I respect them so much.

I've been a leader practically my whole life. I don't know what it is to follow.

I like making fun of myself; I don't want to make fun of other people, so I don't mind doing something out of character that some people might not expect me to do.

My thing is to be ready to pitch every five days and give my team a chance to win.

You can't join a team and give up on it because you lose a few games or things aren't going well.

My goal is to get outs as soon as I can. Strikeouts aren't that big a deal to me.

I'm worried about doing my best, playing to my potential, helping out my teammates, and trying to win games for the Giants.

My cutter has been key for me, and my curveball. I've been able to spot them where I want to spot them.

As a quarterback, you try to manage the game. It's not just throwing the ball. You have to manage the running game and getting out of bad situations and there are a lot of things to it. That's what I'm trying to do.

I go through life with a smile because I know things can be worse than they are.

I'm the opposite of jealous.