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Much of what's known about legendary NFL quarterback Brett Favre. has been kept between the goalposts. But our own Greg Hengler took a drive to Hattiesburg, Mississippi, to learn the rest of the story, as we do so often here in our American Stories. Of Brett's Life, and what we've come up with is a five-part series about a lot of things. This one has to do with the day.
On December 22, 2003, the day after his father's fatal heart attack, and his father's name was Irvin. Brett Favre played in a must-win Monday night football game against the Oakland Raiders. Varv dealt with the grief in the best way he could imagine. He played his heavy heart out. Here is Brett Favre with Part 3.
of our five-part series. That game Of all the games I've played, I played 321 games. played in two Super Bowls. Yeah. by far, no not even close.
The most pressure and the most nervous I've ever been was in the Oakland game. And um It wasn't, it had nothing to do about will I or. Will I not play? As people were thinking leading up, understandably so, I mean, do you think he'll play? I knew I was gonna play, but I was so afraid to that I wouldn't play.
I wanted to honor my dad by playing Lights Friggin' Out. They won't just play. Even though I would have gotten a free pass. say you play, we win, you play crappy. People say, what do you expect?
Can't even believe he played. I didn't want I didn't want to even go down that road. I wanted to play. like I'd never played before. And the odds of that happening Just because I want it, I wanted to do that all the time.
but this time more than ever.
So the pressure was enormous And in j in my experiences, when the when the pressure is almost too big to bear. It's harder before. Very hard to perform. You just can't. Settle down and Everything's moving so fast.
Which is what was going on that night. But it was like As the game unfolded, with each play it was like Man, that this is the This is r I knew then, I mean I was I've always been a Um A Christian some days better than others, some years better than others, but you know, we we were born and raised, we went to church and as kids we didn't pay attention and you know we got got weapons and got chewed out, you know, got got sent to the cry room. And then, you know, through my trials and tribulations, I've leaned on the Lord more at times than. than other times, I think, like most people. But I knew that night.
based on what I just told you. There's no way That was the sign I've used this several times. I didn't realize that at the time. But at halftime, I mean, I knew statistically that this was It was unbelievable. But I wanted to win the game, but I I was well aware of like that you gotta be kidding me.
This is crazy. But At the end of the game, it didn't dawn on me then, it didn't dawn on me that year, it didn't dawn on me a year later, it dawned on me years later. that you know And I spoke to a group at Murfreesboro. this high school up there, it was a Christian group last year. Oh, I spoke at Liberty University this year, or actually October, I think.
And talked about it there. I said, you know, I don't know about, and I was kind of really asking a question to the audience. I said, do you ever find yourself saying, I want a sign. Lord, sh give me a sign. Show yourself.
or you know make this curtain move or what whatever. You know, all of a sudden, this billboard says, you know, I am real. You go to you give me a sign. And I said, and it never works out that way, right? And you go you forget about it, you go on, and you maybe you do it again.
I said, I was, that happened to me. And I said, one day I realized. that the sign was how I played. I said, you know, you have to keep in mind that I played at halftime. I had.
Already, if that game would have ended, it would have been the best game in my history. Statistically speaking. And it's just a half.
Now Keep in mind that my father just died. I never studied. Because when I got the news that he had died, I mean, my mind was elsewhere. And we needed to win this game. and I needed to play and play well, but I didn't need to play that well.
And I prayed and prayed and prayed, Lord, I want to. Honor my father. I want to play well. I don't want to just play. I want to And I don't even know if I was really specific, but I think he knew what I was asking.
And that's the sign that the God is real. Um It was it.
some little angel comes flying in and drops a football. Although angels may have been placing the balls in certain places, but Two touchdowns, threw four touchdowns at my halftime, which is not. Not unheard of. But two of the touchdown passes were two of the best passes I've ever thrown. You know, people watching probably wouldn't know that.
They'd have to know. Why angle on precision had to be Perfect. When you're not running out of the pocket, you add run out, running out of the pocket, and someone's chasing you, you have to turn to the and then make an over-the-shoulder. Throw to the guy in the back corner of the end zone that has to drop. Only one spot, and it did.
And then there was two more that were just totally opposite. Oakland could have caught it just as easily as Our guys. and they didn't even come close to it. They were in position and like just fell down.
So that's you know that that that game uh is is important for a lot of reasons. At the time, we needed to win the game to continue playoff hopes. Um but when I came back for the funeral, It sure made life easier for everyone because that's what people were talking about. And I'm not g I don't know of many people that are good at funerals or wakes. I particularly am not very good.
In fact, I like to, if I go to one, And my wife's aunt passed away about a month and a half ago. Yeah, we were real close with her, but My my way of handling those situations and being in that environment. is to make light of the situation. Talk about stories that made us laugh. I don't I don't like being down.
Never have. And so will that Had I played bad? coming back home would have been even worse. Oh, people, I know what they would have said. Maybe.
Yeah. You played. You did your best. I didn't want to hear it. I wanted to come home and be able to celebrate.
Um It's all I'm thankful that that we were able to that kind of enjoy and rejoice about it. And you've been listening to Brett Favre talking about his performance on December 22nd, 2003, the day after his father, Irvin. suffered a fatal heart attack and died. And Brett that night was 22 for 30, at 399 yards, 4 touchdowns, and 3 yards shy of his best game ever. and in the biggest night of his life God showed up for him.
And we're bringing you this story because, as you could tell, there was a lot more going on here than just the material world, grass and turf and X's and O's and plays. And we all knew it when we were watching it. Brett Favre's story, a story of a game, a story of a love affair with a sport. and a story of a love for a father and a son. And God.
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