Brett Favre
Brett Favre
Brett Lorenzo Favreis a former American football quarterback who spent the majority of his career with the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. He was a 20-year veteran of the NFL, having played quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons, Green Bay Packers, New York Jets, and Minnesota Vikings. Favre was the first quarterback in NFL history to pass for 500 touchdowns, throw for over 70,000 yards, over 6,000 completions, and over 10,000 pass attempts...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth10 October 1969
CityGulfport, MS
CountryUnited States of America
With each game I play, each season I play, everyone would agree with me, I'm running out of chances.
I grew up a Saints fan, an hour from the Superdome.
It's fun leading this offense. I don't think we've hit our peak.
The party now is having my kids laugh and my wife laugh and my teammates. I want them to see me have fun and put it in a different way.
And having a strong family, you know we've lost some members of our family and had some setbacks, but I think a good family and kids all those things I thought at one time... you got to be kidding me... Those things are so important they enable you to go on.
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.
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.
I accomplished so many things, so early in my career.
I knew I needed surgery and I didn't want to have it and I ended up having it.
In spite of reports about playing with various teams, I'm enjoying retirement with my family and have no plans to play football.
I think people have all faced decisions at times where you never know.
Injuries obviously change the way you approach the game.
If I can change than anyone can change. I promise you that.
Nothing, for the most part, surprises me anymore.