If you’re not very busy Friday night, make sure you are in front of your television. The sixth season of NFL Network’s Emmy-nominated series A Football Life continues Friday, December 16 at 9:00 PM ET with a profile of Hall of Fame linebacker Kevin Greene. The one-hour show produced by NFL Films features sitdown interviews with Greene, his wife, former coaches Dom Capers and Bill Cowher, former teammates Rod Woodson and Jackie Slater, Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre, Green Bay Packers linebacker Clay Matthews, family members and more.
During his 15-year career, Greene became one of the most dominant pass rushers in the history of the NFL. His 160 sacks are the most all-time by a linebacker, and he is one of just three players to record at least 10 sacks in at least 10 seasons. Kevin Greene: A Football Life examines Greene’s playing career, his intensity and discipline, and his induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
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Among the topics discussed in Kevin Greene: A Football Life are:
- His father’s army values and how they influenced Kevin’s youth
- His relationship with his wife Tara and his children, Gavin and Gabi
- Becoming a starter in his senior season at Auburn after walking on
- Continuing to lead the NFL in sacks deep in to his career after changing teams many times
- Winning the Super Bowl as an outside linebackers coach with the Packers, and his relationship with Clay Matthews
- Being inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame
Emmy-nominated actor Josh Charles narrates.
Kevin Greene: A Football Life includes interviews with the following people and more:
Kevin Greene
Tara Greene – Kevin’s wife
Colonel Therman Greene – Kevin’s father
Gavin and Gabi Greene – Kevin’s children
Brett Favre – Former Packer quarterback
Dom Capers – Former Panthers head coach
Pat Dye – former Auburn head coach
Bill Cowher – former Steelers head coach
Clay Matthews – Packers linebacker
Ric Flair – Wrestler
Provided below are some select quotes from Kevin Greene: A Football Life:
– “Kevin is just wired all the time. He’s an intense guy, I mean really intense. He vibrates.” – Ric “Nature Boy” Flair
– “Playing in the NFL is predicated on one thing: either you’re kicking a man’s ass or he’s kicking your ass. There is no in between. My will will overcome your will, and you can put that in the bank.” – Kevin Greene
– “I hated playing against him. I would’ve loved to play with him. He just was relentless.” – Brett Favre
– “The discipline he learned through the military he carried into football.” – Dom Capers
– “The thing that set him apart was what he had inside him. He played the game with every molecule in his body. He made himself into what he was.” – Pat Dye
– “I think my dream was really just to put on an Auburn uniform, maybe run down on the kickoff team as an Auburn Tiger and just knock the snot out of somebody. Now I’m a Hall of Famer. It’s just so far beyond anything that I could’ve ever dreamed.” – Kevin Greene
– “I hope to have a career that’s half as good as his.” – Clay Matthews
– “It was hard work; it was being self-made. It was also about making sure you do something and have fun doing it, and doing things that no one else thinks you can do. He took that chip with him and ran with it.” – Bill Cowher
