"There's not anything, I don't think, that I can do or accomplish"
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In context, this tracks with the Brees mythology. He wasn’t the obvious football demigod built in a lab; he was the too-short, too-ordinary prospect who turned precision into a superpower, then rebuilt his career after a shoulder injury that could have ended it. That biography is doing a lot of work behind the sentence. When he says he can do or accomplish anything, he’s not offering a philosophical thesis; he’s protecting a mindset. Elite athletes don’t just train bodies, they curate a psychological climate where doubt is treated as an injury risk.
The subtext is less "I’m limitless" than "I can’t afford to believe I’m limited". That’s why the phrasing matters: the softeners make the statement socially acceptable, even as it signals to teammates and fans that he’s still in pursuit mode. It’s also a clean fit for the post-2000s sports brand economy, where the quarterback is CEO, motivational speaker, and product. Confidence isn’t only personal; it’s organizational. A leader’s optimism becomes a locker-room policy.
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Brees, Drew. (2026, January 17). There's not anything, I don't think, that I can do or accomplish. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/theres-not-anything-i-dont-think-that-i-can-do-or-47992/
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Brees, Drew. "There's not anything, I don't think, that I can do or accomplish." FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/theres-not-anything-i-dont-think-that-i-can-do-or-47992/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"There's not anything, I don't think, that I can do or accomplish." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/theres-not-anything-i-dont-think-that-i-can-do-or-47992/. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.






