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Obviously talent gets you to a certain point, but it's what you do with it, how you handle.

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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
Brett Lorenzo Favre
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I'm proud of everything I've done.
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You know, I've had my ups and downs.
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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.
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If I can change than anyone can change. I promise you that.
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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.
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