69 Quotes by Brett Favre
Brett Favre, born on October 10, 1969, is a former American football quarterback who is considered one of the greatest players in the history of the National Football League (NFL). Known for his exceptional talent, durability, and passion for the game, Favre had a remarkable career that spanned 20 seasons.
He played for teams such as the Green Bay Packers, the New York Jets, and the Minnesota Vikings. Favre's gunslinger style of play, characterized by his strong arm, improvisation skills, and fearlessness, made him an exciting and unpredictable player to watch. He achieved numerous accolades, including three consecutive Most Valuable Player (MVP) awards and a Super Bowl championship with the Green Bay Packers.
Beyond his on-field achievements, Favre's blue-collar work ethic and love for the game endeared him to fans, who appreciated his gritty and competitive spirit. He holds several NFL records, including most career touchdown passes and most career pass completions. Brett Favre's impact on the sport of football and his legendary status as one of the all-time great quarterbacks have solidified his place in NFL history.
Brett Favre Quotes
Every game I've ever played, regardless if it was pre-season or Super Bowl, meant the same to me, and I laid it all on the line.
You have to believe you're great. You have to have an air about you. My success wasn't because I was a great talent, but because I wanted it more than anybody else. Every minute I step on that field, I want to prove I'm the best player in the league.
Life deals you a lot lessons, some people learn from it, some people don't.
If I were to make a list, I would include the interceptions, the sacks, the really painful losses. Those times when I've been down, when I've been kicked around, I hold on to those. In a way those are the best times I've ever had, because that's when I've found out who I am. And what I want to be.
Most talented players don't always succeed. Some don't even make the team. It's more what's inside.
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.
If you grew up in a household with a football coach who looks like a drill sergeant, you would think you would be tough.
If I'm going to play, it's going to be 100-percent commitment.
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.
I've always shown up, always been prepared. Everything I do comes back to the example I want to set.
So much of a professional athlete's success depends upon not necessarily the play itself but how he deals with... always saying how you deal with good, is just as important as how you deal with bad.
Every day is not perfect.
It's all about chemistry. Talent alone won't get it done.
There wasn't a better teacher or mentor out there than Reggie White, on or off the field.
You're only as good as your last pass.
I think every player should think that he's a difference maker.
I've seen a lot of people jump on and off my bandwagon.
With each game I play, with each season I play, I'm running out of chances. You're never guaranteed next year. You're never guaranteed the next game. You have to seize the opportunity when it's there in front of you.
It's been six years since I have had a drink and I have two girls, and my priorities are a lot different now and I just can't believe I was that guy. And I would not go back, I would not trade the way I am now for anything.
The good teams are good at what they do.
Sure, sometimes guys pass you up in salary, and maybe it's a lesser player, but it's all based on what a team has as far as value in that person.
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.
Well family is obviously the most important. There was a time when I thought football was the most important.
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.
Obviously talent gets you to a certain point, but it's what you do with it, how you handle.
Every day is not perfect. You have your bad days and good days just like anyone else. You do not want to talk to people sometimes. It is normal.
That's kind of how I approach life and football; why dwell on something that's hasn't happened.
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.
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.
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.
If I can change than anyone can change. I promise you that.
There was a time when all I cared about was the next game, the next party, the next tee time.
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.
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.
I was serious about retiring the first time, but the first week I was home my wife had SO many chores to do I went back.
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.
Yip cabbage on three!
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.
As you get older, you look at things differently.
I don't really care what's going on I just care about getting my job done the best that I can possibly do and deal with the other things in my life that take a lot of time and a lot of thought.
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.
I consider adversity being good sometimes you know.
Sometimes you get caught up in what's going on around you. The reality is that you are just a regular person. At some point, the career will be over, the bright lights turn off. That can come back to haunt you if you're not just a regular guy.
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.
It's been a wonderful career, I couldn't ask for anything more.
With each game I play, each season I play, everyone would agree with me, I'm running out of chances.
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.
Because after my first year I had a lot of success, took everybody by storm, came back the next year thought it was easy and didn't have near the season I had the previous year. It was kind of a wake-up call. And so, life goes on.
My job is to throw passes and be a leader.
The way I played the game, the way I live my life, is very emotional.
Even in past years, when I wasn't in the Super Bowl, I wished I was.
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.
You know, I've had my ups and downs.
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.
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.
It's fun leading this offense. I don't think we've hit our peak.
Nothing, for the most part, surprises me anymore.
You know I used to listen to music a lot more.
I'm proud of everything I've done.
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.
Injuries obviously change the way you approach the game.
It's a difficult job to do, but that is why we do it. Only so many people can do it. But it, it enables you to... for a brief period of time to kind of get away. You have to go back and deal with, but it's a good escape.
Maybe I'm old-school, but I always thought you honor a contract.
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.
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.
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.
I've been pretty fortunate.
― Brett Favre Quotes
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