Brett Favre did a sitdown interview with NBC's Al Michaels and a sideline interview with Andrea Kremer after playing only four plays on the opening series in Sunday's game against the 49ers.

Here are some of Favre's answers in those interviews:

On whether he would be playing if Ryan Longwell, Steve Hutchinson and Jared Allen had not visited his home last week: "I don't think so. The thing is, it's not that I never wanted to play. When I came back the biggest thing I stressed was it was more about the guys and feeling like there was unfinished business. It's something I felt like I really needed to do. Of course they came down and it was more Hutch than anyone twisting my arm. There was a big part of me, there was some fear. Fear of failure.

On whether he can duplicate his 2009 performance: "In my prime I didn't duplicate it. Three MVP years in my mind doesn't compare to what I did last year. I was weighing, 'Am I letting them down by not playing or will I let them down by playing and not playing at the level I feel like I should or the level that they expect me to play?' On his yearly indecision: "I don't know any player as soon as the season is over says, 'We can't start practice quick enough.' No one likes training camp. I look forward to the games, getting in the locker room with the guys. Reggie White told me a long time ago, He said, 'Brett, when you retire I promise you it's not going to be the games so much that you miss as it is the locker room, the bus rides.' You can't find that anywhere else. But as great of a year as it was last year and it was, all I could think about this offseason is what I could have done better in that last game to lead that team to the Super Bowl On having his contract re-worked: "I knew that would be some people's assumption. It was tempting, but I've always made a lot of money. I knew I didn't need it. On whether more money moved him closer to making a decision: "Honestly no. It all came back to feeling obligated to the guys. That was really the strongest pull. I'm no fool. That's a lot of money. But that in itself was not the biggest factor. On his thought process this offseason: "If I'm going to play, I better play like I did last year. It's hard enough when you do everything right, the way people want you to see you do it. Then you don't execute on a consistent basis, they're going to throw daggers at you. I gave a lot of people reason to throw daggers. I understand that, which makes the pressure even greater. On whether he's all in: "Just like last year, when I stepped foot on that plane, I think for me that's one of the thing that's made me so successful over the years but has kind of been my demise at times, when I do something I do it all the way. That's one of the things that guys and coaches I talked to throughout this process, they knew if they got me up here, I was all in." Favre talked at the start of the second half about his brief appearance. He completed one pass for 13 yards and was sacked once in the four plays he was on the field. "I don't know if we accomplished a whole lot," he said. "Like last year when I came in against Kansas City, I didn't expect a whole lot. I really wanted to call plays in a game environment. I completed the first pass, a swing pass, which can be the hardest throw in football. Got hit a little bit, which I could have done without. Had to get it out of the way sometime." Favre said he wishes he could have had another series. "I would have liked to but I understand the situation," he said. "San Francisco is a very good football team. Probably the worst I felt all year physically overall was against these guys last year. We were fortunate to win on the last play. They're a very physical active football team. Their scheme puts a lot of one-on-one blocking on our offensive line so I knew it would be that type of game. Really just kind of get in and get your feet wet."