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
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.
The town, the team, it's a family. That has helped. For some people who have had to deal with some of the problems I have had to deal with don't have football as an out.
Well family is obviously the most important. There was a time when I thought football was the most important.
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.
Maybe I'm old-school, but I always thought you honor a contract.
In spite of reports about playing with various teams, I'm enjoying retirement with my family and have no plans to play football.
If I can change than anyone can change. I promise you that.
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.
I love doing what I do.
That's kind of how I approach life and football; why dwell on something that's hasn't happened.
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.
I'd write over and over, 'I will not throw into coverage.'
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.
There wasn't a better teacher or mentor out there than Reggie White, on or off the field.