Tom Brady Isn't Ruling Out a Return to Football

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Tom Brady may have just announced his retirement, but he's not ruling out a return to the NFL in the future.During the latest episode of his  podcast, Brady opened up about his decision to retire from football after 22 years and what the future has in store.«There are a lot of other people — some players who don’t necessarily have to be all in for them.

I guess I've seen that quite a bit over the years, but I kind of, I've always felt for me, that's how I had to do it. And my teammates know that I give 'em everything I can.

My coaches know that. And it's certainly not that I can't do that. And it's certainly not that I can't play or continue to play, but I think there's an important choice for me to make, and I think the choice is, everything certainly comes at a cost, and the cost is what am I missing out on other aspects of my life?» Brady said of his decision to retire. «As you get older, you experience things that are outside of the sport that demand the level of attention and energy that football has always gotten.

And it's time for me to commit to those types of things.»For Brady, the decision to step away from the game came at the right time, though he admits that he doesn't know where this big life change will take him or what it means for him going forward.«A lot of things have come up over the years, in the last 10 years of my life, as I've got closer to this decision this last week, and it just, in the end, felt like it was just the right time to do it,» he continued. «I think for anyone who loves the sport like I have over the years, it'll always be in my heart, as it should be, because I've committed a lot of time and energy and hours to it.