Eli Manning
Eli Manning
Elisha Nelson "Eli" Manning, is an American football quarterback for the New York Giants of the National Football League. He played college football at the University of Mississippi. He was drafted as the first overall pick in the 2004 NFL Draft by the San Diego Chargers and immediately traded to the New York Giants, who in return gave up a package highlighted by fourth overall selection Philip Rivers...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth3 January 1981
CityNew Orleans, LA
CountryUnited States of America
It's all about having fun. Play hard and fair, don't hurt anybody. Feel good about what you're doing and how you're doing it.
You know your goals and what you need to do to get better-just eliminate the bad plays.
Chicago was big for me as far as developing as a person and as a basketball player.
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.
I've always been a player and a person who wanted to be the best at whatever he did.
I'm worried about doing my best, playing to my potential, helping out my teammates, and trying to win games for the Giants.
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.
Strike one is a big, big pitch-you can do a lot after you get strike one, no matter how you get it.
Hey, hitting is hard-if you make good pitches that aren't elevated in the zone, you're going to have success.
My goal is to get outs as soon as I can. Strikeouts aren't that big a deal to me.
My thing is to be ready to pitch every five days and give my team a chance to win.
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.
I've always tried to be the person who says things no one else wants to say. I've always kept it in house, as opposed to going to the papers.
I'm just trying to take what the defense gives me.