AOL News has a new home! The Huffington Post.

Click here to visit the new home of AOL News!

Hot on HuffPost:

See More Stories

Video: Brett Favre Cries as He Announces Retirement From Green Bay Packers

Mar 6, 2008 – 1:26 PM
Text Size
Michael David Smith

Michael David Smith %BloggerTitle%

Here's video of Brett Favre breaking into tears as he announces his retirement as quarterback of the Green Bay Packers:

Favre said, "I promised I wouldn't get emotional" and then, after a long pause, "It's never easy. You know, it's funny, I watched hundreds of players retire, and you wonder what that would be like. You think you're prepared."

He then took about 20 seconds to regain his composure before continuing, by saying what he said to his wife prior to the press conference: "I was telling Deanna on the way over here, God has blessed me with so many great things, abilities, wonderful family, and as I was flying up here today I thought about so many things and I wanted to say so many things that I feel like I needed to say. But He gave me an opportunity to use my abilities and I seized that opportunity. I thank Him for that."

He then said, "I'd like to thank the Packers for giving me the opportunity as well." And then he broke into tears again as he said, "I hope that every penny ... I hope that every penny that they've spent on me, they know that's money well spent. It was never about the money, the fame, the records. I hear people talk about 'Your accomplishments' and things that -- it was never my accomplishments, it was our accomplishments."
Filed under: Sports

ON FACEBOOK