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
I think every player should think that he's a difference maker.
It's fun leading this offense. I don't think we've hit our peak.
God, he deals you blows that at sometimes you think you can't handle and in the last year there have been things that we thought we couldn't handle but we've dealt with it up until this point.
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.
I think people have all faced decisions at times where you never know.
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 consider myself more of a loner now and I think when you get older, especially in this game, and just talking with other players who have come and gone, I see what they were saying when I was a young guy in the locker room.
I think the 16 years that I spent in Green Bay speaks for itself.
I'd like to think, eight years ago, I was pretty humble and modest. But I think, with each year, you get more modest, more humble, more appreciative. The off the field tragedies put things in better perspective, but life happens to everybody, and I think we all just try to do the best we can.
If you grew up in a household with a football coach who looks like a drill sergeant, you would think you would be tough.
I think my stubbornness, hardheadedness and stupidity is what has allowed me to play for 20 years.
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.
The things we needed on defense, he stepped up to the plate.
As I talked with (coach) Mike (Sherman) after that game that night, I really didn't know. If I had to make a decision at that particular time, which I knew I didn't, I was not coming back (for the 2005 season),