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My wife, she still gives me a hard time, and says I hunt too much or I like to play golf too much. And she's probably right, but it sure beats some of the things I used to do.
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Wisconsin's a special place.
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I've always been a Packer, always will be a Packer.
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It's not so much about killing an animal, it's being at peace and you don't have to worry about all the other things that go on. That's a couple of hours a week that you get to escape but it's nice to do that.
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Well I would say that we're regular people first of all and we're normal and it's obvious by some of the things that have happened just because our name is famous we're not immune to tragedy.
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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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In my situation, unlike some players who retire because they have no choice - either teams don't want them or injuries have caused them to retire, and they just can't do it - for me, I really had never thought I would give out mentally before I gave out physically, but I think that was the case.
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I'm not perfect.
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I think the 16 years that I spent in Green Bay speaks for itself.
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With each game I play, each season I play, everyone would agree with me, I'm running out of chances.
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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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There are those people who are in your corner no matter what, you can't do any wrong, even when you do wrong. And then there are those people that no matter what you do they are going to dislike you and that's not going to change.
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I accomplished so many things, so early in my career.
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I may be a successful football player, but I feel like such a failure.
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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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I know I'm not doing myself any favors by continuing to play.
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I like my teammates.
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I'm proud of everything I've done.
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My job is to throw passes and be a leader.
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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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It's been a wonderful career, I couldn't ask for anything more.
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But when you lose a family member or something tragic happens, that stays with you forever. You never get over it. Knowing that you have to deal with that for the rest of your life... Football is important, but not as important as you once thought it was.
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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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