Peyton Manning inducted into Pro Football Hall of Fame

NFL legend Peyton Manning officially a Pro Football Hall of famer after inducted into 2021 class of Pro Football Hall of Fame during a celebratory Sunday evening in Canton.

Peyton Manning Hall of Fame induction speech :

“My good friend Tom Brady is here tonight. By the time Tom Brady is inducted, in his first year of eligibility in the year 2035, he’ll only have time to post his acceptance speech on his Instagram account”

“In my youth in New Orleans and in Newman School, football carved out a place for my favorite quarterback, my hero, my role model, my dad, Archie Manning to pass on something he loved to me. Dad, there’s no one I’d rather have or would be appropriate than you to welcome me to this stage.”

_”I don’t know about you but I’m not done with this game. I never will be. I’m committed to ensuring its future and I hope you will join me in that commitment. … when we leave this stage tonight, it is no longer about us. It is about cultivating the game that has given so much to us. It’s about nurturing football to live and thrive another day, another year, decade and another generation. … The audience here tonight is made up of die-hard fans who feel football deep in your bones. Now, we may have ignited the fire, but you have fanned the flames. Inevitably, those flames will be whipped by the winds of change but they don’t need to smolder. The future of this game is ours to shape. We just need to take tomorrow on our shoulders as readily as we dawned our pads before each game. Let this moment become a cherished memory and then rememeber, a legacy is only worthwhile when there is a future to fuel. God bless you and God bless football.” _

Manning tells a story about Hall of fame busts coming alive and whisper each other in the nights.