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Eli Manning continues to be getting his soccer repair.
It’s no wonder that athleticism runs within the two-time Super Bowl champ’s circle of relatives, which is why the dad of 4 used to be proud to proportion with PEOPLE all in regards to the sports activities his children are entering nowadays.
“I do have one that is cheerleading,” Manning tells PEOPLE solely of certainly one of his daughters. The athlete is dad to daughters Ava, 11, Lucy, 9, Caroline, 7, and son Charlie, 3, who he stocks along with his spouse, Abbey McGrew.
As a father of 3 women, the retired New York Giant quarterback has nonetheless discovered his as far back as the gridiron. “I’ve actually gotten to go watch a couple sixth grade, seventh grade football games this year because she’s cheering at them,” he luckily stocks.
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Despite the absence of pads, performs and pigskins for his daughter in particular, Manning, 41, describes his dad accountability as a “win-win” as a result of he will get the most productive of each worlds when looking at.
However, cheerleading is not the one recreation his daughters are thinking about. “My girls are playing a couple of them,” unearths the previous QB. “They’re into swimming and lacrosse is large. I were given one enjoying hockey.”
Brought up in circle of relatives {of professional} soccer avid gamers, Manning is a giant promoter of athletics and sees its price past the perception of merely profitable or dropping a sport. “I encourage sports,” says the NFL superstar, who spoke to PEOPLE as a part of his partnership with Quaker to assist struggle starvation.
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“I think athletics are great tools for learning life lessons and hard work and dedication… dealing with the ups and downs that happen throughout life,” Manning provides.
As for Manning’s son Charlie, the previous athlete shared that the baby is thinking about a few sports activities himself, like basketball and, to no wonder, soccer.
“We’re doing a little knee football, or I’m on my knees and he’s, you know, running,” the proud dad says with a smile. “Trying to teach him ball security, those important things,” he jokes.
While naturally the 16-year NFL veteran would “love him to play” the game he is aware of best possible, Manning made positive to notice he would “by no means pressure it upon him.