OUTTAKES

Dan Patrick talks with Brett Favre about losing the Big One and cheating at golf.

DP: Were you guys guilty of tripping over your egos in San Diego? Have you looked at the game since then? Will you look at the game?
BF: No. When the Super Bowl was over, the next day I went on with life. It hasn't even crossed my mind. I haven't beaten myself up over it.

DP: Is there a defensive player's attitude trapped inside of you?
BF: I think so. It has helped me, playing balls out. Quarterbacks are supposed to be the pretty ones.

DP: You hate being viewed that way, don't you?
BF: Yeah. I want to go out and I want to kick ass.

DP: Would you cheat to win?
BF: In golf, yeah.

DP: If owners really loved football, they would …
BF: Shorten preseason. [DP: And if my bosses really loved SportsCenter, they would stop showing these La Cage aux Folles touchdown dance highlights.]

DP: If the public were allowed in teh Packers huddle, what would surprise us?
BF: The way I jokingly approach the game—if you see me in the huddle during a TV timeout and a song is playing and all of a sudden I start singing or cracking a joke.

DP: You haven't passed gas in the huddle, have you?
BF: There was one game this year. I had beans the night before and you could smell it at the line. It was awful. It may have helped us that game. (Much raucous laughter).

DP: What's up with the mustache you're wearing on the cover of your autobiography? You look like a porno star.
BF: Dirk Diggler.

DP: Three guys you hate playing against, or love beating.
BF: Deion Sanders. Good friend. I hate playing against him; John Randle. Great defensive lineman. He creates problems; Steve Young. Everytime I play him, I'm scared he's going to do something great.

DP: If you could be any other player in the NFL, who would you be?
BF: Reggie White. I don't understand how he can take a guy 50 pounds heavier than he is and throw him that way.

DP: So, if you and Michael Jordan played one-on-one in golf …
BF: I'd take him.

DP: You'd take Jordan?
BF: Yeah, but I wouldn't bet as much as he'd bet.

DP: Yeah, but you cheat!
BF: Yeah, I move it in the rough a little bit. I got a foot wedge. I've never had a bad lie, Dan.

DP: Yeah, but this article's gonna come out and everyone's gonna know you cheat.
BF: Yeah, they're gonna want to ride in teh cart with me. Ride with Favre but don't bet with him.

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