Former NFL quarterback Peyton Manning said on Wednesday that he has no intention of running for political office after speculation erupted a day earlier that he might campaign for retiring Tennessee Sen. Bob Corker’s seat in the 2018 elections.

“I certainly have an interest in politics and in our country. I just have zero interest in being a politician,” Manning reportedly said on WGFX, a local radio station in Nashville.

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