Archie Manning
Archie Manning
Elisha Archibald "Archie" Manning IIIis a former American football quarterback who played professionally for 16 seasons in the National Football League. He played in the NFL for the New Orleans Saints from 1971 to 1982, and for short stints with the Houston Oilers and Minnesota Vikings. In college, he played for the Ole Miss Rebels football team at the University of Mississippi, and was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. Manning is the father of Cooper Manning,...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth19 May 1949
CityDrew, MS
In my first year, I always looked for positive things and kept working, ... The good news is the score is always zero-zero when you kick off the next week. I've told Eli to 'keep sawing wood.'
He'll be a real good player for Arkansas. He's savvy and has a great cerebral approach to the game.
I'm just so glad that 'can't-win-in-the-playoffs' crap is over. Gosh, I know how hard it is to succeed on that level, and trust me, it's just the worst thing to have to deal with. It's much worse as a father. I mean, find something else to put on him -- and trust me, people will -- but at least make it something that doesn't take a year to get rid of.
Things finally got to that point where I feel comfortable with what we're doing with our plays. Our receivers have a great feel for our offense now and know the timing of the routes. ... So we're getting there.
I never got to do it, so I'm very excited for them. I can tell you for sure it's exciting because in my 15 years, this time of year I was packing up my stuff to go home.
This isn't a tennis match or golf. This isn't Tiger (Woods) versus Vijay (Singh),
They're talking about the Saints being America's Team instead of the (Dallas) Cowboys this year.
You're not even in there very long. And most coaches say the same things over and over. Probably 20 guys on the team could give his speech for him.
Peyton's tough. I talked to him after the game. He's been through this before (the Colts are 3-6 in the playoffs under Manning). He'll be OK. He knows they just have to go back to work at it next year.
New Orleans is just a doggone fun place to be.
I wish I’d played my whole career in flag football.
The Saints are doing a good job adjusting. I think their focus is on trying to make the best of their season, but also to try and help the people of New Orleans in the process. From everything I've seen and heard they are doing a good job of it.
I think the main thing is trying to be fair, sometimes there has to be a little bit of discipline, maybe even punishment involved in trying to make your child understand, learn from bad experiences and make sure they don't happen again.
Deep inside, we're still the boys of autumn, that magic time of the year that once swept us onto America's fields.