Tom Brady Vows to Be the Husband and Father His Family “Deserves”

Brady said the decision on whether he’ll continue to play will also come down to whether he feels he still has “the ability to commit to what the team really needs,” noting his teammates don’t “deserve anything less than my best.” And while he said “there’s a long time between now and the start of next football season” and that he’s still figuring things out, he reminded listeners “we never know what’s gonna happen in the future.”

“We really don’t. I mean, Kobe Bryant, a friend of ours, God rest his soul, you think you’re gonna live forever, we’re not. We think we’re gonna play forever, we’re not,” he said while remembering the late Lakers legend. “What can we do? We can enjoy the moments that we have.” 

And that’s a mentality Brady plans to maintain whether he’s on or off the field.

“As difficult as it was to lose the game yesterday, I was glad I played in it and I was glad I was a part of it,” he continued, later adding, “Playing football I get so much joy from. I love it. But not playing football, there’s a lot of joy in that for me also now, too, with my kids getting older and seeing them develop and grow. So all these things need to be considered and they will be.”