Tom Brady issues honest life update following Flag Football Classic event
Tom Brady showed up to the Fanatics Flag Football Classic and reminded everyone he’s still got it. The 48-year-old didn’t coast through the event. He went hard, treating it like the competition still mattered.
But the days leading up to that appearance told a different story. Brady recently admitted the past ten days were among his most exhausting since retiring from the NFL in 2023. His schedule was packed wall-to-wall with meetings, calls, media obligations, travel, and practices.
MORE: Rams’ Sean McVay teases Kirk Cousins reunion as Jimmy Garoppolo insurance plan The relentless grind eventually caught up with him. After finally getting home, Brady took a step back and started thinking about what he actually wants out of life now that football is behind him. Tom Brady reflects after exhausting stretch following Fanatics event He pulled out a list he had made at the start of the year, one that outlined the things he wanted to prioritize once his playing career ended.
“When I finally got home at the end of this crazy ten-day stretch,” Brady wrote in his blog on Tuesday. “It brought my attention back to a list I made at the beginning of the year of the things I wanted to prioritize or spend a little more time doing or trying when my football career was over. ” “They’re things I also felt could help balance me out a little bit; improve my ability to calm my nervous system, calm my brain, calm my body, and, more generally, just be okay not feeling like I always have to achieve.
” Founders FFC quarterback Tom Brady throws ball during the Fanatics Flag Football Classic at BMO stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images The goals aren’t outrageous. He wants to surf more, get better at dancing and singing, learn how to cook, improve his swimming, meditate regularly, cut back on social media, and spend more time journaling and reading.