For the first time since announcing his second retirement from the NFL last Wednesday, Tom Brady spoke publicly about his decision to walk away from football “for good.”
Speaking on his Let’s Go! podcast with Jim Gray, Brady spoke candidly about his retirement, which he announced in a simple video posted on social media. The seven-time Super Bowl champion explained that he felt it was the right time to hang up his jersey and cleats, despite a part of him still feeling like he can compete in the NFL.
“There’s always gonna be a part [of me] that wants to play and a part of me that, you know, feels like I can play,” Brady said. “I think there’s just a decision to know that it’s the right time. So I think for me it’s more of just, it’s gonna end at some point, and I think now’s the time.
