T.L. Manning Quotes

I really don't care how I am perceived by people on the outside.

I want to stand out. After my career is over, I want people to say, 'He was different.' It's not to be outrageous. I just want people to know that when I played ball, I was having fun.

I've always tried to be the person who says things no one else wants to say. I've always kept it in house, as opposed to going to the papers.

I literally and truly don't care how many points I score. I get far more satisfaction out of doing the other things that make us winners.

The body remembers what your mind forgets.

I don't back down. I never win, but I don't back down

When you get a lot of money thrown at you, you can make some dumb decisions without the right advice.

In fall 1967, I was given leave of absence by the National Public Affairs Research Foundation to move to Redondo Beach, California, to work on a short-term research contract with TRW.

I think I needed to be really hurt on the outside so the hurt on the inside would realize that it wasn’t on its own and that it had to come out.

Do experimental work but keep in mind that other investigators in the same field will consider your discoveries as less than one fourth as important as they seem to you.

If an organization produces a document, it should be made public as soon as possible.

It's rare to have a best friend who is also your brother and also an NFL football player, and he knows exactly what I'm talking about.

I'm old school. I'm locked into my own little circle. If you cross the line, you're going to get bit. They'll always know where I'm coming from and once we hit the floor, there's no doubt.

[Malcolm X] shared with Marcus Garvey a commitment to building strong black institutions. He shared with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a commitment to peace and the freedom of racialized minorities.

The media agency model has been hit by a perfect storm ... We are chasing share in a broken system, rather than changing the system.

Boy, do I hate to lose.

When people are watching you, it makes you think twice about what you do, and the things you say, and the people you hang around with.

Some guys need to see things on a grease board, ... I like when you can see it in your mind. And that's what Marvin does, too. He visualizes. He sees things in his mind so well.

I don't like to play favorites, and I do try to spread the ball around. But there's an old rule: You throw to the guys who get open in practice.

Some people have this impression of me: 'Boy, he's always so serious on the field. Football. Football. Football.

I walked around for a while angry, in a bad mood. ... 'Woe is me.' I've gotten over that. It doesn't do any good.

The head coach tells us what to do, and we follow his orders.

You've got to remember what your priorities are. When you're playing, what u do on the field is the most important thing.

My job is to play well offensively and help my team score points. So I feel very responsible every time we lose a game.

We have to try really hard to not accidentally summon a demon.

I'm a serious person by nature - sometimes too serious.

Ive never taken for granted what weve had, not for one single game, not one single practice, ... Ive truly been blessed.

I would love to have played in the '60s. Now that would have been fun.

I'm proud to be Archie's son. Being a quarterback, I had my mentor and hero living in the same house.

I feel one of the most significant honors a player can have in his sport is to have his number retired. Certainly for me to have that at Tennessee, it's with great pride.

I like to be able to do things on my own. I'm a big boy. I can drive myself to an appearance or get on a plane. I like a little bit of independence...

I want to be out there every single snap, every single play.

My dad was a class person on and off the field. That's the person I want to be.

It's kind of boring to me if teams never throw the ball.

Whenever people ask you where you're from and you say New Orleans, it's always going to create a conversation.

If teams keep playing us this way, it's going to be like this.

I'm the best Manning.

You can play pickup basketball, but you can't really re-create football.

I am stronger than I was last year. I am throwing the ball better now in May of 2013 than I did in May of 2012 - significantly better. I got better throughout the season.

Imitation is obviously a great form of flattery.

I remember when I first got into the league, I thought how it would be nice to have a year when you were the best. That means your team is probably winning.

The role of the federal government should be neutral toward culture just as it is toward religion.

During his long political career, my father was always active in communicating the Christian gospel from the evangelical perspective.

A revolutionary should neither look or act like one to get ahead in Canada.

In many respects, my best friends were dogs.

Populism is about is alienation in large numbers of people, but aggravated and provoked by a deteriorating economic conditions.

The thing about love was that it caught you unawares, turned up in the most unexpected places, even when you weren't looking for it.

My whole thing is I like to hang around winners, I like winning spirits, I have zero tolerance for jealousy.

I feel the craziest people are sometimes the most intelligent.

Through teaching myself how to be happy and get through things, I hope I can also do that for other people.