We have his own words about retiring via his announcement, and now we have his own words about him not being able to follow through on it:
“I almost look at like a football season like you’re going away on deployment in the military, and it’s like, man, here I go again,” Brady said. “There’s only one way to do it. And I think Jim, we’ve talked from time to time just about how do you enjoy the certain moments of it? The reality is you can really only be authentic to yourself, right? Whenever you may say, ‘Oh man, I want to, you know, make sure I spend a little more time doing this.’ When it comes down to it, your competitiveness takes over and as much as you want to have this playful balance with the work balance, you’re going to end up doing exactly what you’ve always done, which is why you are who you are. You’re going to go, ‘how do I get it done?’ You know, ‘what do I got to do to get it done?’”
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Tom Brady Drops Major Truth Bomb On Un-Retirement Amid Divorce Rumors With Gisele Bundchen
Get back to me when having a parade is more important in the long term than having a strong marriage and happy, well-adjusted kids.
Nice that you project that Tom will never be injured and never end up on a bench, but I can see that happening.
Just like they do for all kinds of freak shows or circus acts. As PT Barnum said, there's a fool born every minute.