The day will come when New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady retires, and he hinted that the day may not be all that far off.
In a sit-down interview with Oprah Winfrey for OWN, Brady admitted that he thinks his career will end “sooner rather than later” and he wants to be able to see his kids grow up.
“I think about it more now than I used to,” Brady said of the end of his career, via Karen Guregian of the Boston Herald. “I think I’m seeing there’s definitely an end coming sooner rather than later.”
Brady refused to put a timetable on the end of his career.
“As long as I’m still loving it,” Brady said. “As long as I’m loving the training and the preparation and willing to make the commitment. But it’s also, I think what I alluded to a lot in the docu-series, there’s other things happening in my life, too. I do have kids that I love, and I don’t want to be a dad that’s not there, driving my kids to their games … my kids have brought a great perspective in my life. Kids just want the attention. You better be there. And be available to them.”
In the past, Brady has said he wants to play until his mid-40s. He turns 41 in August, which would give him four or five more years on that timetable.
