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.
Brett Favre
Injuries obviously change the way you approach the game.
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.
Life deals you a lot lessons, some people learn from it, some people don't.
I consider adversity being good sometimes, you know.
If I can change than anyone can change. I promise you that.
My intention... isn't to create controversy.
I, most talented players don't always succeed. Some don't even make the team. It's more what's inside.
Wisconsin's a special place.
I really believe this team has a lot of potential - whether it's this year or in years to come, I don't know.
In spite of reports about playing with various teams, I'm enjoying retirement with my family and have no plans to play football.
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.
I know it's not a one man team win or lose.
I've always been a Packer, always will be a Packer.
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.
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.
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.
Even in past years, when I wasn't in the Super Bowl, I wished I was.
I'm pretty boring really.
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.
As a coach, they would love to sit there and say, 'It's going to be five steps, you're going to hitch up into a perfect pocket, you're going to look at number one - no; you're going to go to number two - no.' It doesn't work that way.
I think my stubbornness, hardheadedness and stupidity is what has allowed me to play for 20 years.
I'm proud of everything I've done.
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.
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.
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 grew up a Saints fan, an hour from the Superdome.
That's kind of how I approach life and football; why dwell on something that's hasn't happened.
It's fun leading this offense. I don't think we've hit our peak.
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.
I really like all music, but mostly Country, older R&B, and the good classic rock.
I knew I needed surgery and I didn't want to have it and I ended up having it.
I'm not perfect.
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.
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.
I think every player should think that he's a difference maker.
You know, I've had my ups and downs.
I like my teammates.
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.
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 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 you grew up in a household with a football coach who looks like a drill sergeant, you would think you would be tough.
You know I used to listen to music a lot more.
Nothing, for the most part, surprises me anymore.
I know I'm not doing myself any favors by continuing to play.
With each game I play, each season I play, everyone would agree with me, I'm running out of chances.
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.
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.
As you get older, you look at things differently.
