I get asked a lot about my legacy. For me, it's being a good teammate, having the respect of my teammates, having the respect of the coaches and players. That's important to me.
Peyton ManningRead
There are other players who were more talented, but there is no one who could out-prepare me.
Interpretation
Preparation is more crucial than natural talent in achieving success.
This quote by Peyton Manning highlights the importance of preparation over inherent talent. It emphasizes that while some individuals may possess greater natural abilities, the dedication to thorough preparation can set one apart and lead to greater achievements in any endeavor, particularly in competitive fields like sports.
In practice
In a motivational speech emphasizing hard work versus natural talent.
I get asked a lot about my legacy. For me, it's being a good teammate, having the respect of my teammates, having the respect of the coaches and players. That's important to me.
I pray every night, sometimes long prayers about a lot of things and a lot of people, but I don't talk about it or brag about it because that's between God and me, and I'm no better than anybody else in God's sight.
Remind your critics when they say you don't have the expertise or experience to do something that an amateur built the ark and the experts built the Titanic
Growing up in New Orleans as Archie Manning's son, I felt like a target, and I've always known that whatever I'd do, people would hear about it. So I've had my guard up, and maybe that's molded my personality.
In my very first NFL game, I completed my first pass to Hall of Fame running back Marshall Faulk.
Everybody is going to be excited to play in a Super Bowl. When you still enjoy the preparation and the work part of it, I think you ought to be still doing that. I think as soon as I stop enjoying it, if I can't produce, if I can't help a team, that's when I will stop playing.
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
Anything that won't sell, I don't want to invent. Its sale is proof of utility, and utility is success.
Such is the prestige of the Nobel Award and of this place where I stand that I am impelled, not to speak like a grateful and apologetic mouse, but to roar like a lion out of pride in my profession and in the great and good men who have practised it through the ages.
Just remember, you can't climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets.
Your real wealth can be measured not by what you have but by who you are.
Of course there is no formula for success, except perhaps an unconditional acceptance of life, and what it brings
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