Brett Favre is seeking a seven-year contract extension, even though he is not sure he'll play that long in the NFL.
The Green Bay Packers' star quarterback said this week he didn't know how long he'd keep playing if he won a Super Bowl. The comment was made after he had won his second straight MVP award.
And when he returned to frigid Lambeau Field from his golf vacation in sunny Kiln, Mississippi, Favre caught plenty of heat from coach Mike Holmgren.
'I really didn't mean anything by it, other than it's pretty simple: I don't want to be 35 years old and struggle to play golf or play with my kids and hurt to get up in the morning, kind of like I do now,' Favre said.
Favre has had to make do with over-the-counter drugs Motrin and Tylenol this season because of his addiction to Vicodin, which landed him in a drug rehab centre last summer.
'I love to play football, I really do. I hate practice, I hate meetings. It's a long season, I hate pre-season. But I love to play games. And I could play them every single day,' Favre said. 'And the demands on my life the last couple of years have increased immensely, with good reason.' Favre, preparing to start his 85th consecutive game in an NFC divisional play-off against the San Francisco 49ers early Sunday morning (Hong Kong time), said he enjoys the spoils of success 'but all of a sudden a part of your life dies'.
