I know I can still play, but it’s like I told my wife, I’m just tired mentally. I’m just tired.
BRETT FAVRESometimes 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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My job is to throw passes and be a leader.
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I really like all music, but mostly Country, older R&B, and the good classic rock.
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Even in past years, when I wasn’t in the Super Bowl, I wished I was.
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You can lose a game but, I see guys every week including myself, you lose a game, it’s a tough loss, you’re down, two weeks later you forgot about it. You know it’s amazing how down you were, but all of the sudden you’re like it never happened.
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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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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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I don’t need to have a retirement, retire your jersey, all that stuff to solidify my career.
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Most talented players don’t always succeed. Some don’t even make the team. It’s more what’s inside.
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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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I may be a successful football player, but I feel like such a failure.
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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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You’re never guaranteed about next year. People ask what you think of next season, you have to seize the opportunities when they’re in front of you.
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It’s fun leading this offense. I don’t think we’ve hit our peak.
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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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