Honestly,I do "get it". To this day (I'm 37) if I still had a chance to play football, almost everything else would be secondary.
Here's someone that continues to have the opportunity and continues to capitalize on it. Yes, it makes for an inspiring circus during every off-season, but right now Favre's only real mistake is ever mentioning retirement at all.
Take away the "on again, off again" theatrics and he's another great quarterback finding 2nd life with another team, just like Montana or Warner.