"Each and every year I feel like I've gotten a little bit better and that's always been my goal, was just to get a little bit better"
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The subtext is a quiet rebuke to the myth that champions are born fully formed. Brees was never marketed as the freakish prototype; he was the precise technician who outlasted louder narratives. After a career that included an early shoulder injury that could have derailed him, "each and every year" reads like a survival strategy as much as a competitive one. It's the mindset of someone who knows the league is designed to replace you and who answers that design with routine, film study, mechanics, recovery, leadership - the invisible reps.
There's also a cultural self-awareness here. Athletes are expected to project confidence without sounding complacent. "My goal" keeps the focus on controllables, a media-friendly shield against the chaos of wins, losses, injuries, and roster churn. It signals humility while still asserting ambition: he's not promising perfection, he's promising accountability.
In context, it's a veteran's philosophy that travels well beyond football. Not inspirational fluff, but a pragmatic definition of longevity: improvement as a yearly contract you renew with yourself.
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Brees, Drew. (2026, January 17). Each and every year I feel like I've gotten a little bit better and that's always been my goal, was just to get a little bit better. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/each-and-every-year-i-feel-like-ive-gotten-a-47456/
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Brees, Drew. "Each and every year I feel like I've gotten a little bit better and that's always been my goal, was just to get a little bit better." FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/each-and-every-year-i-feel-like-ive-gotten-a-47456/.
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"Each and every year I feel like I've gotten a little bit better and that's always been my goal, was just to get a little bit better." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/each-and-every-year-i-feel-like-ive-gotten-a-47456/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.




