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Brett Favre - 12/12/2007 12:51:22 PM
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solorider
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Just had this emailed to me and with all the debate I saw on another thread I thought I'd post it here because it describes why I prefer Brett over all others. It's not just the numbers for me, it's the attitude and the style...no 3-piece suits during press conferences for this one (Brady and many others), no looking at your arm twice after a tackle to see if you have a raspberry (Brady again), no flashy jewelry or tattoos here. Nope, just a truck driving, bow hunting, beer drinking good ol' boy from Mississippi playing his guts out every freakin' game for 17+ years.
> > Favre homage: on bended, creaky knee November 29,
> 2007 Los Angeles Times
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> > NBC has "Bionic Woman". The NFL has Brett Favre, the
> bionic man. Guess which one is having the better season?
I don't know what you're eating, Mr. Favre, but pass the candy dish.
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> > You're maybe the last American hero. A postmodern
> DiMaggio. A Wyatt Earp.
> > You're about 140 years old, with the smile of an
> 8-year-old and a gun like Zeus.
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> > You do all the things the other superstars don't. You
> play in that city by the bay, an obscure little place with more chipmunks
> than people, more deer rifles than cell phones. Up there in northern
> Wisconsin, you don't ride in limos; they just send over Santa's sleigh.
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> > You're us, which isn't so bad -- at least if you ask
> us. You're not some natty dude, a blingy gold-toothed Liberace.
No three-pointed kerchief in your suit pocket, like the male mannequins back in
> the Fox studio. No sir.
> > You wear your hair like the 18th green, short and
> fast. You could comb it with a golf towel.
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> > Yep, we appreciate your sense of style -- the plain
> grey T-shirts and the faded jeans. You've got that same lovely wife you
> started with. Your beard's getting a little frosty, the jowls a little
> puffy, but she's stuck by you, that woman. Through your tough times. And you
> through hers.
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> > Love your loyalty, love your work. The cynics claimed
> you were done.
> > "Retire, fool," they said last season. "Put a fork in Favre. His popper has popped."
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> > Turns out they were the fools. They forgot you were part Choctaw, part '56 Chevy.
You're having your greatest season yet,
> playing like a legend. And like a scrub who just appreciates the chance to suit up.
> >
> > Sure, your wheels don't work like they used to.
> People forget that you have the same degenerative hip disease that
> permanently sidelined Bo Jackson. At 38, you can sprint with the kids for
> about three half-steps, then ....look out ... cruuuuuuunch. Those first steps
> on a Monday morning must really snap-crackle-pop. Talk about a working stiff.
Welcome to the club.
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> > When you're not at work, you're at home, just like
> the rest of us middle-aged saps. I'll bet she's already nagging you
> about all the Christmas junk, huh? Brett, can you bring those boxes
> up from the basement? Brett, how about hanging the outdoor lights
> on the birch tree?
> > That sort of stuff. Like the rest of us, you don't need a holiday to
> > remind you of your blessings.
> >
> > Yep, you're us all right, and we couldn't be more
> thrilled. You don't like to miss work under any condition. It's just the way
> you were raised. A guy thing. You don't m
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RE: Brett Favre - 12/12/2007 2:40:50 PM
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tread
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I could only read about half of it. You my friend have a man crush.
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RE: Brett Favre - 12/13/2007 1:20:25 PM
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quote:
ORIGINAL: tread
I could only read about half of it. You my friend have a man crush.
You my non-friend, need to learn how to read.
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RE: Brett Favre - 12/13/2007 1:42:37 PM
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Nice write-up about my favorite pro player of all time.
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RE: Brett Favre - 12/15/2007 3:19:22 PM
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I love watching Brett play, he does it the way it should be done. He enjoys PLAYING A GAME and acts like a little kid, you would swear he is playing little league if you didn't see all of the huge players and the grey hair. He knows that he is getting a lot of money for doing what he does but it doesn't seem to faze him, he's just a hard nosed down to Earth normal guy. I wish more athletes acted like him, sports would be better if they did.
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RE: Brett Favre - 12/16/2007 6:07:03 AM
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I'm still pissed off the Falcons traded him years ago(anyone remember Jeff George?).
Of course, had favre stayed with Falcons, he would have been injured long ago due to porous offensive line and out of football by now.
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RE: Brett Favre - 12/16/2007 6:50:37 AM
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quote:
ORIGINAL: chay48
I love watching Brett play, he does it the way it should be done. He enjoys PLAYING A GAME and acts like a little kid, you would swear he is playing little league if you didn't see all of the huge players and the grey hair. He knows that he is getting a lot of money for doing what he does but it doesn't seem to faze him, he's just a hard nosed down to Earth normal guy. I wish more athletes acted like him, sports would be better if they did.
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RE: Brett Favre - 12/16/2007 7:00:15 AM
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Brett is the man............when he leaves GB he surely will be missed !! No one can ever walk in his shoes. My ownly regret is not actually meeting him; seen him around in public over the years , but thought it would be disrespectful to start hounding him.........WD
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RE: Brett Favre - 12/16/2007 12:26:21 PM
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And he breaks another Marino record. Congrats Brett
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