OUR SALUTE TO PEYTON WEEK
CONTINUES HERE ON WISH-TV.
TONIGHT WE'RE HEARING FROM THE
MANNING HIMSELF.
(BROOKE)
PEYTON FIRST STEPPED ON THE
FIELD WITH THE COLTS IN 1998 AND
WOULD TAKE INDY FANS PLACES
THEY'VE NEVER BEEN BEFORE.
TONIGHT BEFORE HIS BIG WEEKEND,
THE FUTURE HALL OF FAME
QUARTERBACK SITS DOWN WITH OUR
SPORTS DIRECTOR ANTHONY
CALHOUN.
(NAT SOUND..."THE INDIANAPOLIS
COLTS SELECT
PEYTON MANNING")
A DECISION THAT WOULD CHANGE THE
COLTS FRANCHISE
FOREVER
NFL RECORD 7 STRAIGHT SEASONS
WITH 12 WINS OR MORE 9 STRAIGHT
SEASONS TO THE PLAYOFFS
TWO AFC CHAMPIONSHIPS
AND A SUPER BOWL WIN
THIS MAN....TURNED INDY FROM A
BASKETBALL TOWN TO A FOOTBALL
TOWN!
PEYTON MANNING: "RIGHT IN FRONT
OF YOUR EYES THIS
BECAME NOT JUST A FOOTBALL TOWN
BUT AS GOOD AS FOOTBALL TOWN AS
THERE WAS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD
AND WHEN I REALLY KNEW AC IS
WHEN I HAD OTHER QUARTERBACKS OF
OTHER TEAMS TALKING ABOUT IS HEY
THAT IS A TOUGH PLACE TO PLAY,
THAT IS LOUD MY RECEIVERS CAN'T
HEAR ME, MY LINEMAN CAN'T HEAR
ME AND
THAT REALLY MADE ALL OF US SWELL
UP WIYJ PRIDE ABOUT OUR HOME
FIELD ADVANTAGE"
PEYTON MANNING WAS THE FACE OF
THE COLTS ORGANIZATION FOR
14 YEARS AND HE GAVE SO MUCH TO
THE COLTS AND THE CITY THAT
OWNER JIM IRSAY IS CELEBRATING
NUMBER 18'S LEGACY BY MAKING
HIM THE FIRST COLTS PLAYER IN
INDY TO HAVE HIS JERSEY RETIRED
AND A STATUE IN HIS HONOR.
ANTHONY CALHOUN: "WE HEARD THE
NEWS THEY WERE
BUILDING A STATUE FOR NUMBER 18.
GIVE ME YOUR REACTION AND WHEN
YOU THINK ABOUT IT HOW COOL IS
THAT? HOW SPECIAL IS IT?
PEYTON MANNING: "I CAN'T TELL
YOU HOW HONORED I AM AND
HUMBLED BY JIM IRSAY'S GESTURE
AND THIS TRIBUTE. I'M NOT
TOTALLY COMFORTABLE WITH IT BUT
I TRULY DO SORT
OF ACCEPT IT ON BEHALF OF SO
MANY PEOPLE, THERE WERE SO MANY
PEOPLE THAT WERE A PART OF MY
JOURNEY AND MY
CAREER HERE IN INDIANAPOLIS."
IT'S A JOURNEY THAT TAKES HIM
DOWN MEMORY LANE ALL THE TIME.
PEYTON MANNING: "I'VE NEVER SEEN
MORE PEOPLE WEAR
JERSEY'S THAN THEY DID IN THE
OLD RCA DOME AND NOW NOW AT
LUCAS OIL, THAT WAS KIND OF WHEN
JERSEY'S STARTED
AND YOU MORE 88'S THERE WERE
OBVIOUSLY SOME 18'S, SOME 32'S,
44'S AND 87'S AND IT WAS COOL TO
SEE."
SINCE RETIRING, MANNING OFTEN
GETS ASK...WHAT'S HIS NEXT FOR
HIM. COULD A JOB IN FOOTBALL BE
ON THE HORIZON?
PEYTON MANNING: "THAT IS AN ALL
IN ENCOMPASSING JOB AND
THERE HAVE BEEN SOME PEOPLE THAT
HAVE SIGNED UP FOR IT AND GO OH
WOAH YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO BE
THERE
ALL DAY. SO I KNOW WHAT IT
ENTAILS, MAYBE AT SOME POINT."
OR WHAT ABOUT TV?
PEYTON MANNING: "I DON'T KNOW,
SOMETHING ABOUT
BROADCASTING ONE OF ELI'S GAMES
OR BROADCASTING SOME OF MY PEERS
MAYBE I'M A LITTLE TOO CLOSE TO
IT."
PEYTON TOLD ME THE BEST OPTION
FOR HIM RIGHT NOW IS SPENDING
TIME WITH HIS FAMILY AND
ESPECIALLY HIS TWO KIDS
PEYTON MANNING: "THEY'RE PLAYING
FLAG FOOTBALL, THE
COACH ASKED ME TO BE AN
ASSISTANT COACH AND I SAID COACH
I GOT TO TELL YOU I'VE BEEN
WATCHING YOUR TEAM
PLAY AND PRACTICE, WE DON'T HAVE
ANY PASS PLAYS OUT THERE SO I
CANNOT BE INVOLVED WITH A TEAM
THAT
HAS NO PASS PLAYS. I'M OUT, SO
I'M GOING TO BE A PARENT AND BE
A FAN."
(MUSIC BACK IN..)
AND COME THIS WEEKEND PEYTON AND
HIS FAMILY WILL BE TOGETHER
WITH HIS COLTS FAMILY AS HE
SECURES HIS SPOT IN COLTS
HISTORY.
PEYTON MANNING: "IT'S JUST A
TIME FOR ME TO AND I'VE SAID
IT MANY TIMES BEFORE BUT ONE
MORE CHANCE JUST TO SAY THANKS.
BECAUSE MY JOURNEY AS A
INDIANAPOLIS FOOTBALL PLAYER WAS
ENRICHED AND ENHANCED BECAUSE OF
THE FANS AND THEIR SUPPORT."
AND COLTS FANS SAY THANK YOU
PEYTON, FOR BEING THEIR
QUARTERBACK. ANTHONY CALHOUN 24
HOUR NEWS 8.
OUR SALUTE TO PEYTON COVERAGE
CONTINUES WITH THE STATUE
UNVEILING TOMORROW AT 3PM.
SPORTS DIRECTOR ANTHONY CALHOUN
AND THE WISH-TV SPORTS TEAM WILL
HAVE YOUR LIVE
COVERAGE FROM LUCAS OIL STADIUM.