Peyton Manning: “raising all boats with his professionalism and obsessive attention to detail”

This is a quote from this Denver Post story about Peyton Manning:

“Here’s a small snippet of life with Manning I won’t forget: Broncos president Joe Ellis, leaning against a wall in the hallway, and sincerely thanking No. 18 for ‘raising all boats’ with his professionalism and obsessive attention to detail, establishing a gold standard that had a real, big impact from the equipment room to the board room at the team’s Dove Valley headquarters.”