I think my stubbornness, hardheadedness and stupidity is what has allowed me to play for 20 years.
BRETT FAVREJust, 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.
More Brett Favre Quotes
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It’s fun leading this offense. I don’t think we’ve hit our peak.
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You have to believe you’re great. You have to have an air about you. My success wasn’t because I was a great talent, but because I wanted it more than anybody else. Every minute I step on that field, I want to prove I’m the best player in the league.
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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.
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You know, I’ve had my ups and downs.
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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 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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I know I’m not doing myself any favors by continuing to play.
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I know it’s not a one man team win or lose.
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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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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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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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It’s been a wonderful career, I couldn’t ask for anything more.
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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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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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