Post Staff Report

The morning after winning the Super Bowl, Eli Manning was tired, but ready for a repeat.

“It doesn’t change my attitude, my personality or my goals for next season,” Manning said today in Arizona, less than 12 hours after the Giants‘ 17-14 upset of the Patriots.

“You still want to do it again.”

The Super Bowl MVP was operating on very little sleep, yet in control as always. Dressed sharply in a dark jacket a sport shirt, he was looking forward to the trip back to New York and another visit to sport’s biggest stage.

“Just because you have success and you win a championship doesn’t mean you want it to stop or you become content with what you’ve done,” said Manning, whose 13-yard TD pass to Plaxico Burress with 35 seconds left was the game-winner.

“It’s a rare opportunity that you end on a high note in this league. Only one team gets to end with that good taste in their mouth after a win in the Super Bowl. So enjoy it, but then you’ve gotta come back even more hungry next year.”

The Patriots were looking for the highest note ever recorded, trying to become the first NFL team to finish a season 19-0. But after taking a 7-3 lead into the fourth quarter, and regaining a 14-10 edge with 2:45 remaining, they fell on their asterisks.

The biggest play of this Super Bowl, and one of the greatest in the game’s history, was a scramble and downfield completion by Manning to David Tyree. It kept the final drive moving, and will be played on highlight reels until the end of time.

Manning, asked how he got away and made the pass, chuckled and said, “I really don’t know. They never pulled me down. I felt them holding me but I never felt anybody pull me to the ground, and I stayed alive.

“I saw David in the middle of the field. I gave him a shot to make a catch and … unbelievable catch.”

Manning was 19-of-34 for 255 yards in the game, an other-worldly 9-of-14 for 152 yards and his two TDs in the fourth quarter.

“The kid of game that we played, being able to come back and win it in the fourth quarter with such dramatic plays, if you will, is something we’ll all remember forever,” Tom Coughlin said.

But before getting on to the business of preparing for next season, it’s a tickertape celebration tomorrow.

“I’m sure New York will throw a pretty good parade for us,” Manning said.

Then, maybe, a Super Bowl against older brother Peyton and his Colts,.

“It’d just be fun to be back and have a shot to do this again,” Eli said.