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Eli Manning Reflects on Balancing Fatherhood With Football: It Was So ‘Challenging’

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From football to fatherhood! Eli Manning struggled to succeed as both an athlete and a parent while playing for the NFL.“It’s just hard,” the Louisiana native, 41, exclusively told Us Weekly on Thursday, January 13, while promoting his Frito-Lay and PepsiCo “Road to the Super Bowl” commercial. “You kind of try to make it up in the offseason.

You are away a lot. Your mind and your focus is so [tied up in football] even when you’re home. It’s still kind of like, ‘I’ve got preparation to do.

What about this play? I’ve got to get ready for this game.’”The former quarterback noted that he worked to “be in the moment” as much as possible, saying, “I tried to find times to do something specific with my kids, [whatever] they wanted to do.

It’s always a challenge.”The University of Mississippi grad became a dad in 2011 when his daughter Ava, now 10, arrived, followed by Lucy, 8, Caroline, 6, and Charles, 2, in 2013, 2015 and 2019, respectively.

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