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Brett Lorenzo Favre is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League , spending the majority of his career with the Green Bay Packers. He was a 20-year veteran of the NFL, having played quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons in 1991, the Packers from 1992 to 2007, the New York Jets in 2008, and the Minnesota Vikings from 2009 to 2010. Favre was the first NFL quarterback to pass for 500 touchdowns, throw for 70,000 yards, complete 6,000 passes, and attempt 10,000 passes.

A graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi, Favre played college football for the Southern Miss Golden Eagles for four years, setting many school records. He was selected in the second round of the 1991 NFL Draft by the Falcons, with whom he spent one season as a backup before being traded to Green Bay for the Packers' first-round pick in the 1992 NFL Draft. Favre became the Packers' starting quarterback in the fourth game of the 1992 NFL season and started every game through the 2007 season. He played for the Packers for 16 years before being traded to the Jets for the 2008 season and spending his final two seasons with the Vikings. In that time, he made an NFL-record 297 consecutive starts, 321 including the playoffs.

Favre's eleven Pro Bowl invitations is the third most among quarterbacks in NFL history. He is the only player to win the Associated Press NFL Most Valuable Player Award three consecutive times, doing so from 1995 to 1997, and is one of only six quarterbacks to have won the award as well as the Super Bowl in the same season. He led teams to eight division championships, five NFC Championship Games, and two Super Bowl appearances: Super Bowl XXXI and Super Bowl XXXII. He and the Packers won Super Bowl XXXI over the New England Patriots.

Favre holds many NFL records, including most career pass attempts, most career interceptions thrown, most consecutive starts by a player, most times sacked, and most fumbles. At the time of his retirement, he was the NFL's all-time leader in passing yards, passing touchdowns and quarterback wins; all three records have since been broken. Favre was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2016. Wikipedia  

✵ 10. October 1969
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Famous Brett Favre Quotes

“I'd like to think, eight years ago, I was pretty humble and modest. But I think, with each year, you get more modest, more humble, more appreciative. The off the field tragedies put things in better perspective, but life happens to everybody, and I think we all just try to do the best we can.”

Brett Favre

Green Bay's big cheese aging gracefully, rockymountainnews.com, October 23, 2007, 2007-12-05 http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2007/oct/23/green-bay146s-big-cheese-aging-gracefully/,

“It's fun leading this offense. I don't think we've hit our peak.”

Brett Favre

AP Interview: Favre indicates he'll play in '04, ESPN.com, November 7, 2003, 2007-11-12 http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?id=1656411,

“I know I can still play, but it's like I told my wife, I'm just tired mentally. I'm just tired”

Brett Favre

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3276034

“I really believe this team has a lot of potential — whether it's this year or in years to come, I don't know.”

Brett Favre

AP Interview: Favre indicates he'll play in '04, ESPN.com, November 7, 2003, 2007-11-12 http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?id=1656411,

“With each game I play, with each season I play, I'm running out of chances… you're never guaranteed next year. You're never guaranteed the next game. You have to seize the opportunity when it's there in front of you.”

Brett Favre

[Judy, Batista, http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C03E7D91338F93AA15752C0A9629C8B63&n=Top/News/Sports/Pro%20Football/National%20Football%20League/Green%20Bay%20Packers, PRO FOOTBALL: NOTEBOOK; Favre Knows That Time Is Quickly Running Out, The New York Times, January 29, 2004, 2007-11-12]

“I'm pretty boring really.”

Brett Favre

[Suzy, Kolber, http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=1930185, Sunday Conversation: Brett Favre, ESPN.com, November 24, 2004, 2007-11-12]

“Yip cabbage on three!”

Brett Favre

Browns make big strides; friends remember Favre's career, NFL.com, March 7, 2008, 2008-07-02 http://www.nfl.com/news/story;jsessionid=15758D3F7BAD28578A484F1BBC6C4525?id=09000d5d80716435&template=with-video&confirm=true,

“You can call it a miracle or a legend or whatever you want to. I just know that on that day, Brett Favre was larger than life.”

Brett Favre

Alabama coach Gene Stallings
Brett Favre Timeline, Traina, Jimmy, Sports Illustrated, 5 October 2002, 2007-02-08 http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/nfl/features/favre/timeline,
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