Brett Favre Hall of Fame Speech | 2016 Pro Football Hall of Fame | NFL

people first i want to thank the university of southern mississippi those of you who don't know they offered me a scholarship and that was southern miss and i was happy to accept it and i was determined to prove them right jim carmony curly

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man jack white rodney allison jeff bauer stephen maples were coaches that had an impact on my college life I wouldn't trade my four years at Southern Miss for anything and I am also very honored to follow in the footsteps of one of the greatest NFL players of all time and one of the greatest southern players of all time, and that's Ray. boy, there are two coaches in particular that were at Southern Miss at the time, which meant more than anyone that Mark Mchale was an offensive line coach and Mark was recruiting, he recruited the area of ​​the Mississippi Gulf Coast where I played and fought tooth and nail to give me. a scholarship and it all came down to the eleventh hour and when I say eleventh hour I literally mean the eleventh hour and he fought and he believed in me and I thank him so much that he's coaching high school

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in West Virginia, he's probably watching right now same, so coach.

Thank you very much for believing in me, hanging in there and giving me that opportunity. The second coach is a guy who has already passed away and his name is famous Coleman and as we called him back then, famous, famous, he was a great guy and I was. I discovered this story. This was a story Ron Wolf would tell me later, after I started playing in Green Bay. He came over after my senior year to watch film of my senior season and I think Ron at the time was with the Jets and was watching. for a quarterback and he, after watching his film of my senior year leaving the building, the famous coleman said well, ron, what did you think? and ron wolf said, not so impressed, we said, i'm not sure if you know

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was in a really bad car accident right before the start of this season he lost 34 inches of his intestines he fractured a vertebra in his back not only was he not supposed to He was supposed to play, we didn't think he would and he also suffered other injuries, but he started four years for us and I encourage you to go back and look at the previous three years.

Well, Ron Wolf took his advice and went back in and watched the movie, and when he came out, the famous Coleman said, "Well, what did you think?" and how I like it. Say the rest is history so thank you coach coleman and thank you ron wolf and speaking of ron wolf, I was right behind this stage last year and I saw ron wolfe get inducted into the

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and I couldn't have done it. I have been most proud of Ron Wolf. Ron Wolf is more important to the Packers' revival than anyone else. Player Coach GM.

It had been almost 25 years since the Packers had been successful when Ron Wolf took over and since then we all know it. what the packers have done without ron wolf mike holmgren would not have trained at green bay there would not have been a

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who would not have been a very sharp pilot in brooks freeman chamura p jackson course 11s edgar bennett frank winters santana dotson andre wright, the list It goes on and on, the biggest free agent acquisition in NFL history is Reggie White and as I like to say, Ron Wolf made it great to come to Green Bay, so I thank you Ron for believing in me and seeing something in me. me that Others didn't see it, probably including me and risking your neck for one of the riskiest and craziest trades in NFL history when you decided to trade a first round pick for me to Atlanta, so I say thank you, Ron , I love you, you want to say more.

For me, more than anyone, the man who hired Mike Holmgren, the best head coach I ever played for. I see him sitting with my good friend Matt Hasselbeck. We can both attest that he is one of the toughest and most demanding coaches I have ever met. He is a true perfectionist and I'm sure steve and joe would say the same thing but he was a very fair guy and I know this because can you imagine being Mike Holmgren and leaving San Francisco with tremendous success coaching two of the best players ever? the times, Joe Montana? and steve young and getting stuck with brett

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now i thought i was good but i had no idea what good was and i'm so grateful that mike bit me in the ass but believed in me enough to give me another chance because there were so many times that He could have and should have pulled me and if he had there would probably be someone else standing here before you talking so I'm grateful Mike for you and believe it in me three other three coaches and there were a lot of other coaches and they told me eight for ten minutes and I have every one of these guys looking at me right now I'm going for a world record and I don't give a damn I love you Chris I love you Ken Johnson the best man at my wedding the strength coach for the Packers at the time is now with San Diego.

Love you Kent and Steve Mariucci, who are around here somewhere. Mooch and Andy Reed, who were here a couple of nights ago. Those guys couldn't have been more important at that point in my career and they weren't. Not only are they amazing coaches, but they are also great guys. He needed a buffer when it came to Mike and, frankly, he needed a buffer and there was no one better than Mooch and Andy. I love those guys and I appreciate it so much. A lot of believing in me and being there for me, you know, like Orlando coach Dungy Kevin, I want the guys I play with to stand up.

I would love to call each and every one of you by name and this is also college. There's a get up if there's 100 get up, I love you guys, I love you, let me tell you and this may not be a secret. I love playing with you. It was wonderful. I love carrying them with the firefighters. I love tackling them. I love spanking Marco's butt. I loved. I loved. Him too. That's what it's all about, you know, I loved it and I love you guys the fans the fans thank you thank you thank you thank you I'm telling you Packer fans are very special.

I often wondered what it was like when Mike and Matt Hasselbeck came back to play when they were in Seattle and then I found out it's not easy, it's not easy, but I thank them so much from Atlanta to Minnesota. 20 years, make no mistake. I will be remembered as a packer when I went to Green Bay last year and my family and I walked through the countryside. I'll be honest with you. I didn't know what to expect when I returned the last time I entered Lambeau. It wasn't very pretty, so Honestly, I didn't know what it would be like, I know Packer fans and I know how loyal they are, but I played for the Vikings, but when I walked out on the field I calmed down, so now when I walked on the field Admitting 70,000 people not to watch a game but to celebrate a player's career was absolutely incredible and you have to be congratulated for that, so I thank all the fans across the country and in particular you and the leaders .

I reflect on my 20 years and believe me I had a great time and I think anyone who has seen me play would say that sometimes maybe a little too much, but what I am most proud of is what I think most has nothing to do with . with statistics, although who would have thought that a young man from Kill Mississippi whose father ran Wishbone would hold every passing record in NFL history at some point? Pretty amazing if you ask me, but what, but that's not what I'm most proud of. I'm most proud of how I played the game and being really authentic and spontaneous and loving the game to me is what it was all about.

I couldn't believe we were getting paid and I was racking up stats like I was just having fun and I'm very proud of that, so when I look back at my 20s, I can honestly tell you that I can't tell you much, but I can honestly tell you that I didn't. I regret Do we win all the games? Did I make every pitch? Not that I make more mistakes than I care to count, but I can say this. There was never a time when I didn't give everything I could. You already know. I have told my daughters and I tell them.

I tell any young person who plays sports, never look back and regret not having done the best you could, never look back and because there are no second chances when you are 25 years old and wish you had done something in high school it is too late no fool yourself don't fool your teammates work as hard as you can risk everything and no matter what happens but you won't look back and regret i don't regret anything that's not the case to say it was perfect i don't regret anything and that's what I'm most proud of and I say thank you again