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Tom Brady is the best quarterback of all time, but his kids are free to choose their own path.
The recently retired quarterback joined ESPN on Friday and discussed his 15-year-old son, Jack, who plays quarterback at the youth football level.
Tom Brady has been working with Dr. Alina Fong with their TB12 Sports Therapy All Concussion Center (Gilbert Flores/variety)
Brady said he hopes his son finds a career that motivates him to work hard, which doesn’t necessarily have to be football.
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“I hope he finds the things in his life that allow him to get up every day to be internally motivated to work hard at something he loves to do,” said Brady. “I don’t think football… a lot of it, I wouldn’t choose him to do that because there are too many crazy expectations that people would place on him. Most of them are probably very unfair, actually.”
“So whatever path he chooses in life – or my son Benny or my daughter Vivi – whatever they choose, I’m here to support them, just like my dad supported me. I was very lucky to find something that I gladly did.”
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady leaves the field with his oldest son, Jack, 10, after the New England Patriots’ training camp at Gillette Stadium practice facility in Foxborough, MA, on Aug. 7, 2018. (John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
In a March interview with Vanity Fair, Gisele Bundchen, Brady’s ex-wife, said that Jack has a desire to follow in his father’s footsteps by attending the University of Michigan.
Brady shares Jack with actress Bridget Moynahan.
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“I think that’s what we as parents should be doing,” Brady continued. “We have to support our kids’ dreams, whatever it may be, it doesn’t have to be a sport,” said Brady. “It could be anything. It could be performing arts, it could be music, it could be science, it could be law, it could be medicine. So I think that’s part of being a parent, supporting your kids’ dreams .”
Brady retired from football for the second time in 23 NFL seasons in February, winning seven Super Bowls as a member of the New England Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Tom Brady, 12, throws a pass as son Jack watches during the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Training Camp on August 17, 2021 at the AdventHealth Training Center at One Buccaneer Place in Tampa, Florida. (Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
He finished his NFL career as the leader in passing yards (89,214), touchdown passes (649), regular season wins (251), and a host of other records.
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Brady reiterated this week that his football career has ended amid speculation he could potentially play for the Las Vegas Raiders next season amid a flurry of concerns surrounding Jimmy Garoppolo.
“I’m sure I’m not playing anymore,” Brady said in an interview with “SI Now”.
“I’ve tried to make that clear and I hate to keep professing that because I’ve told people that many times before.”
Fox News’ Paulina Dedaj contributed to this report
Joe Morgan is a sportscaster for Fox News.
