I know I can still play, but it’s like I told my wife, I’m just tired mentally. I’m just tired.
BRETT FAVREEven in past years, when I wasn’t in the Super Bowl, I wished I was.
More Brett Favre Quotes
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There wasn’t a better teacher or mentor out there than Reggie White, on or off the field.
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In this case, I realize that, unlike when I was 22 years old, I realize now that football will not go on forever, it is a small part of your life.
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Maybe I’m old-school, but I always thought you honor a contract.
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Well family is obviously the most important. There was a time when I thought football was the most important.
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I think my stubbornness, hardheadedness and stupidity is what has allowed me to play for 20 years.
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Well even before she was diagnosed with the cancer, I would have said that she was a lot tougher than me and most guys would probably say that about their wives and it’s probably true in most cases.
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Yip cabbage on three!
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It’s been six years since I have had a drink and I have two girls, and my priorities are a lot different now and I just can’t believe I was that guy. And I would not go back, I would not trade the way I am now for anything.
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Even in past years, when I wasn’t in the Super Bowl, I wished I was.
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I consider myself more of a loner now and I think when you get older, especially in this game, and just talking with other players who have come and gone, I see what they were saying when I was a young guy in the locker room.
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Sometimes you get caught up in what’s going on around you. The reality is that you are just a regular person. At some point, the career will be over, the bright lights turn off. That can come back to haunt you if you’re not just a regular guy.
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Just, you never know what the next day is going to bring. That goes for football, goes for off the field, and I gave up a long time ago trying to predict the future and trying to deal with things I couldn’t deal with.
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I know I’m not doing myself any favors by continuing to play.
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My job is to throw passes and be a leader.
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Sure, sometimes guys pass you up in salary, and maybe it’s a lesser player, but it’s all based on what a team has as far as value in that person.
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