Fifty-four years ago, Archie Manning’s life changed forever. He married his college sweetheart, Olivia Williams, on Jan. 21, 1971. A few days later, the New Orleans Saints selected the star quarterback out of Ole Miss with the No. 2 overall pick in the NFL Draft.

Archie Manning writes: "As I go from place to place in Mississippi both in my travels and in my mind’s eye, I realize what I love most about my home state. It’s the people. There’s no place like Mississippi and no people like the folks in Mississippi.

NFL great Archie Manning speaks on Children's Hospital New Orleans being renamed after his family

In a ceremony to honor the commitment the Manning family has had to children in New Orleans. Cooper Manning joked that it saw a lot of Arch Manning.

Children’s Hospital will now be known as Manning Family Children’s. While hospital officials did not disclose how much money the Mannings donated, they did say that the family will partner with LCMC Health to help share the hospital’s story.