Wade
Phillips Jokes About Favre: 'Just Use The
Same Quotes I Had Last Year'
Dallas Morning News
San
Antonio, TX., Tuesday,
August 3, 2010. Dallas Cowboys coach Wade
Phillips reacted to the news of quarterback
Bret Favre's reported decision to retire
with mock surprise on Tuesday morning.
"Again?''
Phillips said. "Just use the same quotes I
had last year, and the year before that.''
Phillips was
only kidding. He went on to express great
respect for Favre, who holds the all-time
record for touchdown passes with 197.
"He's one of
the great ones,'' Phillips said. "It was
really neat to get to see him play and
compete against him. That's one of the great
things about this sport, getting to compete
against the great ones.''
Favre completed
15-of-24 passes for 234 yards and four
touchdowns in a divisional-round playoff win
against the Cowboys last season. Two of the
touchdown throws went for more than 40
yards.
"He was
great,'' Phillips said. "He had thrown
20-something interceptions several years in
a row, and he threw only six last year.
Everybody remembers the one he threw in the
(NFC title game), but they forget all the
points he scored in that game. He was great
against us, and he was great in that game,
too.''
