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

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

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

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

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

The worst part about getting in a rut in football is the weeks are so long.

We never knew we'd have kids playing pro football or going to Super Bowls. That wasn't ever a part of our plan in raising kids, so we really feel blessed.

I love New York.

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

I loved Bud Grant.

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

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

Good teams have more fun. Bad teams have more characters.

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.

Peyton's pretty good at figuring stuff out.

The Saints - it gave people joy.

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

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.

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

No quarterback ever won a championship that did it all by himself.

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

I have a lot of empathy for quarterbacks.

When I see siblings in some families not get along, I just struggle with that. My wife says I need to be more real about it, but I just can't believe it when it happens.

When I grew up, we played in vacant lots.