Brett Favre, Green Bay Packers player, retires

Posted by Geo

March 4, 2008

Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre has decided to retire.

“I know I can still play, but it’s like I told my wife, I’m just tired mentally. I’m just tired,” Favre, the three-time NFL MVP, told ESPN’s Chris Mortensen in a voice mail message.

“If I felt like coming back — and Deanna [Favre, his wife] and I talked about this — the only way for me to be successful would be to win a Super Bowl. To go to the Super Bowl and lose, would almost be worse than anything else. Anything less than a Super Bowl win would be unsuccessful,” Favre said in the message.

“I know it shouldn’t feel unsuccessful, but the only way to come back and make that be the right decision would be to come back and win a Super Bowl and honestly the odds of that, they’re tough. Those are big shoes for me to fill, and I guess it was a challenge I wasn’t up for. ”

Mortensen reported that according to Favre’s agent, Bus Cook, Favre informed Packers coach Mike McCarthy of his decision Monday night.

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