Brett Favre Quotes on People (15 Quotes)


    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.

    In my gut, I feel like they're OK, but with each minute that passes, I begin to wonder. This is one of those situations where I would love to do whatever I could to help a lot of people, but I don't even know where to start.

    Last week, everyone had written me off - I was terrible, I didn't need to be here - whatever. But I knew my abilities, this team knew my abilities, Mike knew. None of them gave up on me. All last week I knew the people who count care about me. I just wanted to prove to them that I still had it.

    Ron's not the most talkative person, ... You always wonder what he's thinking. But he always had a way of letting me know, telling me things he probably wouldn't tell other people. I've always felt indebted to him for obvious reasons and I saw something in myself that it didn't always seem like other people did. For someone to believe in me and give me a chance, he took a big gamble.

    I found myself, probably over the last 24 hours, a couple times saying, 'Why me' or, 'Of all places . . . ' ... . . . But as quickly as that thought popped into my head -- it popped into my head probably more than I would like it to -- I try to remind myself of the things to be thankful for, which there are a lot. . . . . To have tragedies in my life is no different from anyone else. It's just that mine are on TV and in the papers and things like that. At times, it's a little embarrassing and it's a little bit unfair to people who suffer the same hardships because who cares about them So I try to remind myself of those people.


    The Packers and I will make a decision at some point soon. When that happens, I'll let you know. (The decision) could come at any time. People take these comments and turn them around. A couple of weeks, or a couple of days, become a couple of minutes.

    To some people, it might seem crazy, but when you're dealing with a business and salary caps and things of that nature, the bottom line in this business is winning. Would I be surprised if it happened No, nothing surprises me in this league. I don't think there would be any hard feelings either way. It's about winning. Right now we're not doing that.

    I know people are getting impatient. But enjoy baseball right now.

    Life deals you a lot lessons, some people learn from it, some people don't.

    There's not a final tally yet of how many people are dead. I'm sure that's going to go way up. There are probably numerous, numerous people that will never be found. But for the people who made it, including my family, there's a lot to be thankful for because when this is all said and done, a lot of people are going to be very fortunate that they're alive because this was a bad one, ... It's going to take some time. My mom, I don't think she'll ever recover from it.

    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.

    Something has to give at some point, if I decide enough is enough or they do, ... How I see that happening, no idea. I hope it's not by injury. I hope it's on friendly terms, so to speak. Do I think it could happen Sure it could happen ... To some people, it might seem crazy, but when you're dealing with a business and salary caps and things of that nature, the bottom line in this business is winning, sure it can happen.

    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.

    Off the field, he did so much for so many people. He really reached a lot of people. ... He was a great friend on and off the field. We'll all miss him.

    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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