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Our American Stories

Brett Favre on Faith, Humility, and What Matters as You Get Olde

Our American Stories

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture, Documentary

4.6817 Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2026

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of Our American Stories, much of what the public knows about Brett Favre happened on the football field. But behind the touchdowns and championships is a life shaped by hardship, faith, and the lessons that come with age.

In part four of our five-part series, Greg Hengler sits down with Brett at his home in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, where he reflects on the role faith has played in his life, the humility that comes with experience, and how adversity has shaped the man he has become.

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0:00.0

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:02.6

Guaranteed Human.

0:14.2

This is Lee Habib, and this is Our American Stories,

0:17.6

the show where America is the star and the American people, coming to you from the city where the west begins, Fort Worth, Texas.

0:25.8

Much of what's known about legendary NFL quarterback Brett Favreve has been kept between the goalposts.

0:31.9

So our own Greg Hengler sat down with Brett Fav.

0:35.5

And Brett Fav's life, we've been digging in deep.

0:38.0

And this is the fourth part of a five-part series.

0:42.0

Brett Farv's life outside of the goalposts, which is what we're interested in here on this show.

0:48.4

Not Brett Farv, a football star.

0:51.0

That's interesting.

0:52.6

But who's the man?

1:08.0

What's life like before and after? Who were his parents? Where did he grow up? How did he deal with fame and everything after? Here's Brett Farb getting personal about his faith, about humility, and about aging. And I can't speak for other people, but we, we, and I say we, more me, but we tend to

1:16.4

lean on God when we need him.

1:19.7

Going to rehab, spending time by myself, like open a Bible.

1:24.5

God, I need some help.

1:25.9

I can't do this alone.

1:30.5

And I remember asking people not

1:31.8

and we still are active in the

1:35.5

Catholic church. In fact, Father Tommy

1:37.7

our priest is one of our

1:39.1

we take him on vacations

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