Bonita Favre Quotations

If an unopened bag of potato chips or something happened to float by we'd grab it because we just didn't know how long we'd be there,

We were stuffing towels and rugs against the doors. We figured there'd be 3 or 4 inches of water, but it just kept on rising.

Well, he called me yesterday (Tuesday) morning and said, 'Mom, I called the Packers and told them I was going to play again.' My reaction is I'm glad he's playing, but it's probably selfish because I enjoy watching him play so much even if he is my son. He's entertaining, fun to watch, You never know what he's gonna do.

Brett would throw the ball so hard, Irvin would come out and fuss at him. Deanna wouldn't let on. She was going to catch 'em.

The mother said, 'They call your son a hero, and my son is a hero,' ... I said, 'I know, but I just can't see it that way.' She said, 'I looked it up in the dictionary and a hero is an ordinary person doing an extraordinary job.' So I guess that's true.

The boys and (David) did an excellent job,

There was never, ever a dull moment around here, ... For a while there at the emergency room, they'd go, 'I know. It's a Favre again.'

There were kids who wouldn't bat against him. They'd start crying because he threw so hard and, I mean, he may hit you.

They'd get Deanna up there and tell her, 'Either you jump or we're throwing you,' ... She didn't have any choice. I don't know how those kids never got hurt.

I want to say we were there a good 5 or 6 hours, ... The water just stayed there. Normally, like with (Hurricane) Camille, it came in quick and went out quick. This just kept rising and then it stayed there.

His ear was just hanging, ... Oh, man. They had to do little bitty stitches.

The doctor said he was ready for a hamburger,