I guess, to tell you the truth, I've never had much of a desire to grow facial hair. I think I've managed to play quarterback just fine without a mustache.
You certainly know when you have an opportunity, and you want to take advantage of it. And it's certainly disappointing when you don't.
When you take a year off from football, you come back for all the enjoyable moments. When you're not playing, you miss out on all the highs, but you also miss these disappointments. But I would rather be in the arena to be excited or be disappointed than not have a chance at all. That's football. That's why everybody plays it.
When I was drafted by the Colts, Indianapolis was a basketball and a car racing town, but it didn't take long for the Colts to convert the city and state of Indiana into football evangelists.
I do vote. I have voted ever since I've been eligible to vote.
The word 'embarrassing' is an insulting word, to tell you the truth.
The one year the Lord took my greatest physical gift, he gave me the greatest gift you could have in children. So that was a real equalizer. And I would take that trade any day of the week.
I feel like I've improved at everything I've done every single year - except golf. Golf, I've managed to stay exactly the same.
Imitation is obviously a great form of flattery.
Over my NFL career, I've had five head coaches who have helped me become better at my craft and have helped me become a better human being: Jim Mora, Tony Dungy, Jim Caldwell, John Fox, Gary Kubiak.
I was talking to my good friend Kid Rock a while ago, and he told me if I'd send him a helmet, he'd send me an autographed platinum record. I thought that was a pretty sweet swap.
When you play for 20 years - and really, I never had to miss a game due to injury - that's not just good protection. That's good luck.
It truly has been an honor to play in Indianapolis. I do love it here. I love the fans, and I will always enjoy having played for such a great team.
The head coach tells us what to do, and we follow his orders.
I have been tremendously impacted and influenced by my coaches. It's nice to play for people that are going to support you.
You certainly miss a lot of things about Indianapolis. I miss a lot of friends in Indy. St. Elmo's. The Slippery Noodle. Amalfi's.
Nobody really wants to hear about anybody else's injuries. Or how your back feels. Whose back doesn't hurt?
My high-school coach Tony Reginelli was kind of famous for 'Reggie-isms,' kind of like 'Yogi-isms.' He always said if you want to be a good quarterback, when sprinting left you want to be amphibious and throw left-handed. I told him, 'You mean ambidextrous, coach?'
My advice to the next quarterback that misses an entire year is to understand there is a little difference going out on the road again. You miss that. When you're hurt, you do not feel like you are part of it.
Life is not shrinking for me; it's morphing into a whole new world of possibilities.