Eli Manning Quotes

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

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#2. I go crazy trying to energize people, 'cause that's what I am. I'm a battery. If you're down, you can plug into me and get charged up.

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

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#4. Strike one is a big, big pitch-you can do a lot after you get strike one, no matter how you get it.

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#5. 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.

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#6. I'm not a 25-interception quarterback, I know that.

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#7. I'm just trying to take what the defense gives me.

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

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

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#10. We just have to go after our game plan.

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#11. 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.

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#12. As soon as you make mistakes, or you have an off year, even if it's not your fault as a quarterback ... I've always said the quarterback and the head coach always get too much blame when you lose and too much credit when you win.

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

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#14. In New York, they like winners. They don't like second place.

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

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#16. I'm the opposite of jealous.

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#17. 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.

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

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

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#20. With the game on the line. I want the ball in my hands.

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#21. 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.

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#22. 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.

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

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#24. 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.

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#25. I think big-that's what my mother taught me. If you think small and accomplish it, what does it mean? Who cares? To me the sky's the limit, and I'm going to try and get there.

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#26. 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.

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#27. 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.

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#28. I just want my sign and I want to throw it. I think it keeps everybody on their toes.

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#29. 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.

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

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#31. I'm not worried about where I rank between other QBs in the league.

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#32. 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.

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#33. One thing I've learned about the NBA is that you can have one good year, but you've always got to be progressing and working and making yourself better.

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#34. My idea is, I shine, you shine. If I'm doing well and you're with me, you do well.

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#35. I've always been a player and a person who wanted to be the best at whatever he did.

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#36. I try to be a smart quarterback. I'm not the fastest or the best athlete, but if I can know what the defense is doing and stick to my job and what needs to be done I can make the plays needed to move the ball and score.

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

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#38. 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.

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#39. 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.

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#40. 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.

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

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#42. Money isn't always going to make it happen. It's important to be around people that have the right kind of attitude, being happy about what you're doing.

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

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

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#45. My approach never changes from start to start.

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#46. Hey, hitting is hard-if you make good pitches that aren't elevated in the zone, you're going to have success.

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

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#48. 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.

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#49. 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.

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#50. 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.

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

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#52. 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.

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