Monday, 1 Feb 2021. 14:45
Quarterback Tom Brady continues to raise the bar on how long he could continue to play in the NFL.
As the 43-year-old veteran footballer prepares for his 10th NFL-record Super Bowl game and his first since joining the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in March, he says he plans to surpass his previous goal and play beyond the age of 45.
” Yes quite. It’s something I could consider, ”Brady admitted Monday at his first Super Bowl week press conference.
“It’s a physical sport. And my way of looking at it is that you never know when that moment will come, because it’s a contact sport. It involves a lot of training and it requires a 100 percent commitment on my part to keep practicing it. “
Brady hasn’t lost that commitment, and works closely with fitness trainer Alex Guerrero in shaping his training programs, diet and other aspects that have kept Brady going. successful at an age when most of his peers are long retired.
“My career, I made it in football, but in fact, it is a part of my daily life because with each decision that I take, I have to ask myself what will be the consequences on football, on my off-season training, ”Brady notes.
“Alex is a crucial part of my success. “
All of Brady’s hard work has led to achievements unmatched in NFL history. In addition to his ten Ultimate Game appearances, he recorded six Super Bowl victories and was three times voted his team’s MVP.
He is the record holder for most regular season touchdown passes (581) and he could pass Drew Brees for No. 1 in NFL history for most passing yards if Brees announces. his retirement, as several rumors indicate.
What Brady has achieved since he passed his forties, before the start of 2017, would be a huge achievement for any player’s career.
Since that day, he has accumulated 20,776 passing gains, including the regular season and playoffs, completed 142 touchdown passes, was voted his team’s MVP and will appear in the Super Bowl for the third times, after his triumph in 2018 and his setback the previous season.
Those are impressive stats for a player who was picked in the sixth round in 2000 and was hoping to hang in there for a few years.
“I’m not going to say that 20 years ago I saw myself playing professional football at the age of 43. It wouldn’t be the truth, ”Brady said.
“I started by telling myself that I would like to play professional football and have the opportunity to do so. I’ll do it to the best of my ability. Fortunately, the right people came into my life at the right time, which has kept me doing what I love to do. It was a lot of support, actually, from a lot of people. “
How long can he keep up the pace?
“I think I’ll know when the time is right. I don’t know when that moment will come, but I think I will. “
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