Brett Favre Quotes
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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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In the NFL a lot of times everyone gets caught up in the business side of things. For them it's all about money and it really leaves a sour taste in your mouth.
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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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I knew I needed surgery and I didn't want to have it and I ended up having it.
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Maybe I'm old-school, but I always thought you honor a contract.
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I may be a successful football player, but I feel like such a failure.
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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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Wisconsin's a special place.
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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 think the 16 years that I spent in Green Bay speaks for itself.
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You know, I've had my ups and downs.
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I'm not perfect.
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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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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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I've always been a Packer, always will be a Packer.
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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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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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Obviously talent gets you to a certain point, but it's what you do with it, how you handle.
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I accomplished so many things, so early in my career.
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I can't believe I survived, not only my life, but I am still playing football 'cause half of those eight or nine years I don't even remember.
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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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If you grew up in a household with a football coach who looks like a drill sergeant, you would think you would be tough.
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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've been pretty fortunate.