Super Bowl champs planning for next season
Peyton Manning and Tony Dungy got their first real taste of being a champion — from an invitation to the White House to the all-night parties to the requisite morning-show interviews.
President Bush called Colts owner Jim Irsay on Monday to congratulate him on the team’s Super Bowl victory. Then, in a separate phone call, Bush congratulated the quarterback and the coach, said Scott Stanzel, deputy White House press secretary.
Manning and Dungy also heard lots of requests and plenty of questions about repeating this scene next year.
“We’ll enjoy this,” Manning said. “Once the first day of weightlifting, which will be March, comes, we’ll be in there working. For me as a player, I want to be a better player next year than I was this year.”
An improved Manning is a scary thought for opponents.
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