Brett Favre rides off into the sunset, we all should be so lucky
Posted on March 5, 2008
Filed Under Career Development
Yesterday, Hall of Fame shoe in Brett Favre made it official, retiring from professional football after 17 seasons. Whether you’re a football fan or not, there’s plenty to admire from his illustrious career.
First, he played in 253 consecutive regular season games. That’s the equivalent of almost 16 straight seasons without a day off. 16 years of 300+ pound behemoths beating the crap out of you. No doubt he’s the Cal Ripken of the NFL. If you don’t know who he is Google him, you’ll be impressed I promise.
Second, there’s the stats, he retires with 5,377 career completions in 8,758 attempts for 61,655 yards, 442 touchdowns and 288 interceptions, passing Dan Marino’s touchdown mark last season. Again if you don’t follow the NFL, these are staggering numbers. They may be broken one day (probably by some guy named Manning), but they are truly amazing numbers.
Finally, the night after his father died unexpectedly of a heart attack in 2003, he not only played, but had one of his best games beating the Raiders. He threw for 399 yards and four touchdowns in a 41-7 win.
In every way possible he epitomized hard work, dedication, and grace under pressure. Playing in the NFL is obviously much different than playing in the corporate workspace, but there still a lot we can learn from Brett Favre. I was never a Brett Favre fan per se, since he was usually beating my team, but I’ve always respected and admired him as a player and as human being. He lead by example on and off the field. I’ll miss him on Sundays.
Until next time…
[tags] Brett Favre, dedication, hard work, NFL
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No doubt he will be missed regardless of whether you were a fan of the Packers or not, he was a lot of fun to watch for the past 17 years. Packer games won’t be the same.
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