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

I may be a successful football player, but I feel like such a failure.

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.

From Brett Favre

I know it's not a one man team win or lose.

From Brett Favre

Well family is obviously the most important. There was a time when I thought football was the most important.

From Brett Favre

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.

From Brett Favre

You have to play with the mentality that you are about to lose your job, and that they're going to talk about 'The Other Guy' first. You have to think, 'I want my name mentioned first.'

From Brett Favre

Maybe I'm old-school, but I always thought you honor a contract.

From Brett Favre

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.

From Brett Favre

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.

From Brett Favre

Brett Favre

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