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Brady, 44, made rare public comments Monday
about getting back into the game just 40 days after he called it
quits. In particular, the NFC divisional playoff loss by his
Tampa Bay Buccaneers to the eventual Super Bowl champion Los
Angeles Rams in January weighed on him.
"At the end of the day, I just love the competition on the
field," he told ESPN on Monday. "And last year was a very bitter
ending to a season and we've got to make a lot of corrections to
try to improve and put ourselves in a better position to succeed
moving forward."
Brady, a seven-time Super Bowl champion and three-time NFL Most
Valuable Player, is coming off a season in which he threw for a
career-high 5,316 yards. He led the league in passing yardage
and passing touchdowns (43).
"I knew my body, physically, could still do what it could do and
obviously I have a love for the game/ I think I'll always have a
love for the game," Brady told ESPN. "I do think physically I'll
be able to do it. I just felt like there was still a place for
me on the field. ...
"I know I don't have a lot left, I really do. I know I'm at the
end of my career. I wish you could go forever, but it's just not
and football comes at too high of a cost now. My kids are
getting older and it's just getting harder and harder to miss
these things."
--Field Level Media
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