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Peyton Manning<\/a><\/strong> has three rings to his name: the Super Bowl Championship ring he got with the Indianapolis Colts in 2006, the championship ring he got with the Denver Broncos from Super Bowl 50 in 2015, and the wedding ring he got when he said \u201cI do\u201d to Ashley Manning <\/strong><\/a>(n\u00e9e Thompson<\/strong>) in 2001. Funny enough, Peyton wouldn\u2019t have two <\/em>of those rings if he never met Ashley.<\/p>\n Ashley will undoubtedly be cheering him on in a new way as he hosts the 2024 Country Music Association Awards on Wednesday, November 20. The former NFL player returns for another year of co-hosting, this time alongside Luke Bryan<\/strong><\/a> and Lainey Wilson<\/a><\/strong>.<\/span> It\u2019ll definitely be a night of country music to remember. Find out more about Ashley and her marriage to Peyton here!<\/p>\n Ashley grew up in Memphis, Tennessee, according to Heavy.com<\/a>. She was introduced to Peyton by her parents\u2019 next-door neighbor during the summer before<\/em> Peyton\u2019s freshman year in college. The unnamed neighbor had played football at the University of Texas and hosted Peyton on a recruiting trip. This mysterious matchmaker thought that Peyton and Ashley would be the perfect fit \u2014 and they were right.<\/p>\n The couple was married on March 17, 2001 \u2014 aka, St. Patrick\u2019s Day. March is quite the lucky month for Peyton and Ashley because, on March 31, 2011, Ashley gave birth to twins \u2014\u00a0son Marshall Williams<\/strong> and daughter Mosley Thompson.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Peyton won his first Super Bowl ring in 2006 while playing for the Indianapolis Colts. <\/strong>He stayed with the team for five more years until a series of neck surgeries forced him to miss the 2011 season. After his time with the Colts, a then-37-year-old Peyton considered hanging up his helmet. \u201cAshley was the one that was saying, \u2018Peyton, you\u2019ve got to try. You\u2019ve got to try.’\u201d Peyton told Sports <\/em><\/a>Illustrated\u2019s<\/i>\u00a0Peter King<\/strong>. \u201cOnce I did it, I was going at it, and then I started seeing a little bit of light there. So, yeah, she was the one who kind of pushed me through it.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAnd really, I had a peace about it. I had a peace. Because, I had this unbelievable string of health for 20 years\u2014since I was 15 years old as a sophomore in high school,\u201d added Manning. \u201cSo who was I to complain now that I\u2019m injured? I\u2019ve given it as good a run as I can give it. I\u2019ve got kids now. I had a peace about it. So I didn\u2019t feel like I had to play to get another win or a touchdown. But she\u2019s like, \u2018You\u2019ve got to try.\u2019 So I was glad that she pushed me to do it. Once I did it, I was going at it, and then I started seeing a little bit of light there. So, yeah, she was the one who kind of pushed me through it.\u201d<\/p>\n Peyton eventually retired after securing his second NFL championship with the Colts, capping an extraordinary career on the gridiron.<\/p>\n Ashley\u2019s interests in sports aren\u2019t limited to just football. In 2012, she joined a group that included Justin Timberlake<\/a><\/strong>, Penny Hardaway,<\/strong> and former Congressman Harold Ford Jr.<\/strong> to become a minority owner of her hometown\u2019s basketball team, the Memphis Grizzlies<\/a><\/strong>, according to the Denver Post<\/em><\/a>. In addition to her work as co-owner of the Memphis Grizzlies, Ashley is busy in the philanthropy world. She is the co-founder of the PeyBeck Foundation along with her husband, per Sportskeeda<\/a>. PeyBeck \u201chelps underprivileged and at-risk youth in Louisiana and Indiana in the state of Tennessee.\u201d She also participates in charity events to raise money for breast cancer since her mother battled the disease. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Ashley worked with Peyton to serve over 600 meals to frontline healthcare workers at a hospital in Heritage, Tennessee.<\/p>\n \n\t\t<\/div>\nShe and Peyton Started Dating in College<\/h2>\n
Ashley and Peyton Have Twins Together<\/h2>\n
Ashley Talked Him Out of Retiring in 2011<\/h2>\n
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She\u2019s Active in Charity Work<\/h2>\n