Eli Manning Quotes
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My goal is to get outs as soon as I can. Strikeouts aren't that big a deal to me.
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If you think individual, that's how you're going to come off. I've always given 'team' a chance.
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I don't play basketball for the money. I don't play it for the crowd. When I didn't have a friend, when I was lonely, I always knew I could grab that orange pill and go hoop. I could go and dunk on somebody. If things weren't going right, I could make a basket and feel better.
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I go through life with a smile because I know things can be worse than they are.
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I'm no Bob Gibson. I can tell you that.
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With the game on the line. I want the ball in my hands.
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No, we believed in ourselves all year. That's the position you want to be in.
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We don't mind working hard to be successful. We don't mind working to be at our best.
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I think the guys that are successful might be a little more relaxed and able to deal with the distractions.
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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.
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I just want my sign and I want to throw it. I think it keeps everybody on their toes.
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In New York, they like winners. They don't like second place.
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I don't think in the past. I don't think in the future. You grasp the moment.
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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.
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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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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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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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I don't like the feeling of losing.
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My thing is to be ready to pitch every five days and give my team a chance to win.
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I'll always have a kid in me.
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I leave my heart on the court every night. I earn my keep.
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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.
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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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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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We just have to go after our game plan.
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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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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.
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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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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.
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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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