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Our American Stories

Brett Favre on Tough Love, Parenting, and Telling the Truth

Our American Stories

iHeartPodcasts

Documentary, Society & Culture

4.6817 Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of Our American Stories, Brett Favre's father coached the legendary QB on many subjects—most of which shaped his training, practice, and play. The passing game? Not so much. But life itself? Absolutely. Here's Brett himself with the story.

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0:00.0

This is an IHeart podcast.

0:16.6

This is our American stories.

0:20.1

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

0:26.7

So Greg Hengler took the three and a half hour long drive south from here in Oxford, Mississippi, where we broadcast this show, and sat down with Brett and his Hattiesburg, Mississippi home.

0:38.3

Here's Brett on tough love, telling the truth, and having a parenting style

0:44.3

that's different than his father's, and this is part two of our five-part series.

0:51.3

I coached two years of high school football, not because I wanted to.

0:57.0

The head coach here at the high school, who I knew really well, kind of talked me into it.

1:02.0

I don't know, I don't really want to.

1:05.0

It was the first year out of retirement.

1:07.0

And I ended up loving it.

1:10.0

But I felt like I was really tough on the kids.

1:13.6

I didn't pick.

1:16.6

My dad and the other coaches picked a lot.

1:19.6

You big sissy.

1:20.6

Not so much me.

1:22.6

But, and of course at that time, that's all I knew.

1:28.3

Now, looking back, as a coach or as a person in that position, doesn't have to be a coach,

1:36.3

could be a teacher.

1:38.3

I think our job is to mentor rather than pick. I mean, in some respects, it's like bullying to where some of those

1:49.0

kids didn't even want to come around. And don't get me wrong, I would joke around with these kids,

1:55.1

but it would always be in a playful manner. And I knew that whoever it was that could handle it in fact it may it

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