Manning

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Summary: Lot's of info about some great players.
Review: I walked into the bookstore one day and saw a book with Peyton Manning on the cover and decided to read it. I thought most of it would be about Peyton, since he is in the spotlight right now, but I was pleasantly surprised to get a lot of information about Archie also.

I am younger myself so I was too young to follow football a lot when Archie was in his prime, but I found his stories very interesting. When I told my wife how Archie's father had died she asked me why I would want to read something that depressing. After finishing the book I made a point of telling her that Archie obviously did not like what happened, but that he turned it into a positive. From reading this book I turned into a fan of Archie Manning.

I was already a fan of Peyton Manning when I picked up this book and now I am a bigger fan. It is nice to have an athlete in our day that respects others. He looks up to the great quarterbacks before him and really admires his dad. It was nice to read a clean autobiography, in which Peyton most embarrassing admission was the mooning incident.

The one drawback to the book that I saw was that there was not enough information on the other boys. I understand that most people will read the book because of Peyton and Archie, but it would have been nice to know a little more about the others.

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Summary: Aaron Lemay's review
Review: Archie and Peyton Manning were the best father-son quarterbacks out there. As a kid Archie wasn't sure what he was going to do with his life. He was just an average kid who loved sports. As a kid Peyton dreamed of being like his father Archie. He continued the family name by breaking more records and leading just as good of a career as Archie.
Archie went to Mississippi college but wasn't sure what sport he wanted to play. He ended up playing football and was very good at it. After college football, Archie was drafted onto the Saints. Archie broke the record for highest paid rookie. When Archie was drafted onto the Saints they were on a bad loosing streak and Archie joining the team didn't change that. For the first time Archie was getting booed. Archie was a very good player but one person doesn't make a team. Eventually Archie's career took off and he became famous.
As a teenager Peyton knew he was going to play football, he just didn't know what college he was going to go to. Peyton was already somewhat famous, being Archie's, son so he had a ton of choices for which college he wanted to go to. Surprisingly, he chose to go to a college other than Mississippi. This was very surprising to his father because Peyton wanted to be just like Archie but chose not to go to the same college. Once he was in the NFL he was, like his father, the highest paid rookie ever. Peyton was drafted onto the Colts and they weren't doing so well when he was drafted. Peyton's rookie year was 3-13, but he broke several team and league records. Peyton's career had skyrocketed just like his father Archie's.
Overall, this was a great book. It tells a lot about Archie and Peyton's careers. I think it was really cool how the book described their feelings and their lives. The book tells a lot of details about their careers and what they were thinking before games or major decisions.
I would recommend this book to anyone who likes football and would enjoy reading about it.

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Summary: One word ... "CLASS"
Review: Being from New Orleans, I was eager to read this book. I am a fan of the Mannings and am glad they put some thoughts in writing. That being said, it has been a very, very easy read. It is almost a conversational book, but I am not sure that I have gained a great depth of information regarding the NFL, college sports or the Manning family.

I agree with most of Archie's opinions, especially not forcing ultra-organized sports onto children. Very good for a pro star to be quoted as saying such things.

Overall, a conversational and light book about a very nice family in my favorite town...New Orleans.

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Summary: A good read
Review: I bought this book with skepticism but overall I liked it. I thought it was pretty truthful to the Manning legacy. The SEC's most famous bloodline's story is here. I recommend it as I do "A Tailgater's Guide To SEC Football" which also showcases the Mannings.

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Summary: A good read
Review: I bought this book with skepticism but overall I liked it. I thought it was pretty truthful to the Manning legacy. The SEC's most famous bloodline's story is here. I recommend it as I do "A Tailgater's Guide To SEC Football" which also showcases the Mannings.

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Summary: A terrific inside look at the world of football
Review: I grew up watching Archie Manning play for Ole Miss and now cheer for his son, Peyton, with the Colts. Although I knew a lot of Archie's story, this book gives a detailed insider's look at the world of football at all levels and all the changes that have occurred over the past 30 years. It is also a heart-warming story about the Manning family and how they've dealt with everything from Archie's frustrated days playing with the Saints, raising a family in New Orleans (not the easiest place to raise kids!), Peyton's college recruiting process and dealing with Cooper's (their oldest son) life-threatening illness. I always knew that Archie was a humble competitor -- I saw that when he played at Ole Miss -- and it's obviously influenced the way he and his wife raised their sons. In a world where so many kids disrespect authority and eschew hard work, it's refreshing to learn about the Manning kids in another light. And I loved learning all about the behind-the-scenes gyrations of pro football and the college recruiting process.

A fantastic book by two fabulous athletes who also happen to be men of integrity and honor.

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Summary: Source of Pride
Review: There are few things to make you proud of being born and raised in a town solidly founded on all night sex, drugs, booze and jazz. There are even fewer things to make you proud of being a Saints fan. That being said, I was an "Awchie" fan before this book. Now, I'm simply in "awe" of him. They say you can judge a person by his/her children. Well, Cooper, Peyton and Eli speak VOLUMES as to the true character of Archie and Olivia. Dare I say it? The Manning Family makes me proud to be from New Orleans. This was an uplifting, lighthearted book that I hated to see end. Thank you, Archie, for EVERYTHING.

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Summary: Source of Pride
Review: There are few things to make you proud of being born and raised in a town solidly founded on all night sex, drugs, booze and jazz. There are even fewer things to make you proud of being a Saints fan. That being said, I was an "Awchie" fan before this book. Now, I'm simply in "awe" of him. They say you can judge a person by his/her children. Well, Cooper, Peyton and Eli speak VOLUMES as to the true character of Archie and Olivia. Dare I say it? The Manning Family makes me proud to be from New Orleans. This was an uplifting, lighthearted book that I hated to see end. Thank you, Archie, for EVERYTHING.

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Summary: better than average
Review: This book has its share of the motivational author or speaker cliches but it also has candid and heartfelt opiions on football as both a game and as a business enterprise both at the NFL and minorleague/major college level. The Mannings are also solid people away from the game.A better than average sports book

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Summary: Manning
Review: Unlike any other sport, football has captured the hearts of endless fans. Likewise, many fans have fallen in love with a true football family, the Mannings. Manning, by Archie Manning, Peyton Manning, and John Underwood, is an incredible biography, not only of Archie and Peyton Manning, but also of the entire Manning family and the hardships, triumphs, and accomplishments they have endured and achieved.

Manning is the story of the careers of Archie and Peyton. The book does not only portray the lives of these men and their family, but vividly presents the men's opinions on the way the game has changed. The Mannings describe the "cash fever" and "big money madness" of the NFL and present the "rituals of bribery that mark college recruiting." Not only do Archie and Peyton represent true American football players, but professional athletes who resisted money corruption and only play for the love of the game.

The authors seldom use literary devices, but write with a certain style that makes the reader feel as if he has known the Mannings his entire life. The authors' use of a personal style of writing enables the reader to easily relate to the problems these incredible men have faced.

I thought Manning was an amazing book. If you are a fan of the Mannings, or football in general, this is the book for you. The book has no specific theme, but its purpose is to present the life of two of the greatest NFL quarterbacks to ever live and to prove that with hard work and determination, anything is possible.