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.
BRETT FAVREIn 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.
More Brett Favre Quotes
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I’ve always shown up, always been prepared. Everything I do comes back to the example I want to set.
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You know, I’ve had my ups and downs.
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There was a time when all I cared about was the next game, the next party, the next tee time.
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And having a strong family, you know we’ve lost some members of our family and had some setbacks, but I think a good family and kids all those things I thought at one time… you got to be kidding me… Those things are so important they enable you to go on.
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I really like all music, but mostly Country, older R&B, and the good classic rock.
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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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I love doing what I do.
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I didn’t know what to expect coming into this year. There were a lot of question marks, and I think that’s obvious now. Can we overcome it? Time will tell.
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Initially, I know that I handled it worse than she did and I think partly because I’ve always been… every bit of adversity I’ve faced up until the last year and a half is adversity I brought upon myself – or the opposing teams have given me.
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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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It’s been a wonderful career, I couldn’t ask for anything more.
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Wisconsin’s a special place.
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God, he deals you blows that at sometimes you think you can’t handle and in the last year there have been things that we thought we couldn’t handle but we’ve dealt with it up until this point.
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If I’m going to play, it’s going to be 100-percent commitment.
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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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Even in past years, when I wasn’t in the Super Bowl, I wished I was.
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I know I can still play, but it’s like I told my wife, I’m just tired mentally. I’m just tired.
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Every day is not perfect. You have your bad days and good days just like anyone else. You do not want to talk to people sometimes. It is normal.
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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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I’m thankful for all the things that this job has given me and my family. But probably the thing that I am most proud of throughout my career is that, not only myself, but my family and the people around me have just been regular people, which we are.
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With each game I play, with each season I play, I’m running out of chances. You’re never guaranteed next year. You’re never guaranteed the next game. You have to seize the opportunity when it’s there in front of you.
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Yip cabbage on three!
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I don’t need to have a retirement, retire your jersey, all that stuff to solidify my career.
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My job is to throw passes and be a leader.
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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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I’ve seen a lot of people jump on and off my bandwagon.
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