It’s a difficult job to do, but that is why we do it. Only so many people can do it. But it, it enables you to… for a brief period of time to kind of get away. You have to go back and deal with, but it’s a good escape.
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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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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If I’m going to play, it’s going to be 100-percent commitment.
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Yip cabbage on three!
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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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Most talented players don’t always succeed. Some don’t even make the team. It’s more what’s inside.
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Every day is not perfect.
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I know I’m not doing myself any favors by continuing to play.
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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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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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Wisconsin’s a special place.
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As you get older, you look at things differently.
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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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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 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 think my stubbornness, hardheadedness and stupidity is what has allowed me to play for 20 years.
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I really like all music, but mostly Country, older R&B, and the good classic rock.
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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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That’s kind of how I approach life and football; why dwell on something that’s hasn’t happened.
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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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You know I used to listen to music a lot more.
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It’s been a wonderful career, I couldn’t ask for anything more.
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I’ve always been a Packer, always will be a Packer.
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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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I love doing what I do.
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