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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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Brett Favre
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: October 10
American Football Player
Football Player
Nascar Team Owner
Gulfport
Mississippi
The Prophet
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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.
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I've always shown up, always been prepared. Everything I do comes back to the example I want to set.
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There wasn't a better teacher or mentor out there than Reggie White, on or off the field.
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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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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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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'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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My job is to throw passes and be a leader.
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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.
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In spite of reports about playing with various teams, I'm enjoying retirement with my family and have no plans to play football.
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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.
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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.
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If I can change than anyone can change. I promise you that.
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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.
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You know I used to listen to music a lot more.
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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.
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The way I played the game, the way I live my life, is very emotional.
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I'd write over and over, 'I will not throw into coverage.'
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Nothing, for the most part, surprises me anymore.
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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.
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