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Well family is obviously the most important. There was a time when I thought football was the most important. (Brett Favre)
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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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I don't worry anymore about where's the big hangout Tuesday night, Friday. Couldn't tell you and no one comes to me for advice anymore in those areas anymore, so real boring I would say. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. (Brett Favre)
That's kind of how I approach life and football; why dwell on something that's hasn't happened. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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I consider adversity being good sometimes you know. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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If I'm going to play, it's going to be 100-percent commitment. View quote
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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. View quote
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Every day is not perfect. (Brett Favre)
You know, I've had my ups and downs. View quote
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My job is to throw passes and be a leader. View quote
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I've seen a lot of people jump on and off my bandwagon. View quote
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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. View quote
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