Peyton Manning Suggests Legalized Weed Is Great for His Pizza Business

Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning sat down recently with Sports Illustrated's Peter King for an "Unplugged" interview on Monday Morning Quarterback and revealed that a certain new law in his adopted home state of Colorado has put a few extra bucks in his pockets.

No, Manning is not selling marijuana, which is now legal to use recreationally in the Centennial State. But he is selling pizza.

"Pizza business is pretty good out here, believe it or not, due to some recent law changes," he told King.

Manning - who is the older brother of New York Giants QB Eli Manning - owns 21 Papa Johns franchises around the Denver area and has undoubtedly seen a rise in the number of patrons who enter his stores with a case of the munchies.

The topic came up in the interview with King when he asked Manning about whether he votes.

The answer is that he does, indeed.

"Yeah, I do vote," he said. "I have voted ever since I've been eligible to vote."

Manning also spoke to King about his golf game, what he thinks he'd be doing professionally if he wasn't playing football and what it's like to be so famous.

On his best round of golf: "I shot even par, 72, at St. Andrews. Me, [my brothers] Cooper and Eli, and my dad went three summers ago. ... Obviously, that's my favorite golf foursome of all time."

On an alternate profession: "It's hard to say if I would have tried to stay involved in the game from another point of view - from coaching or something like that. TV, I don't know. I'm not sure how good I'd be at it. I guess I've always liked being on the players' side. Once you cross over, you're on a different side. Obviously I won't be a player forever, but while I am, I'm just trying to enjoy it while I can."

On his fame: "There's a certain hat that you wear when you play quarterback. If you can make an impact when you're wearing the hat, I enjoy doing that."