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… — Eli Manning Copy Share Image
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. — Eli Manning Copy Share Image
I worried coming in for my freshman year what my teammates would think of me. I was a little scared they would think I… — Eli Manning Copy Share Image
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,… — Eli Manning Copy Share Image
Strike one is a big, big pitch-you can do a lot after you get strike one, no matter how you get it. — Eli Manning Copy Share Image
I go through life with a smile because I know things can be worse than they are. — Eli Manning Copy Share Image
The quarterback, you can play with a lot of big injuries. You get a little injury like an index finger or a thumb that… — Eli Manning Copy Share Image
You can't join a team and give up on it because you lose a few games or things aren't going well. — Eli Manning Copy Share Image
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… — Eli Manning Copy Share
I've always been a player and a person who wanted to be the best at whatever he did. — Eli Manning Copy Share Image
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… — Eli Manning Copy Share Image
