New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady has done a remarkable job handling contact throughout his career. And despite the inherent risk that he’s mostly eluded, Brady supports contact sports, even if his kids choose to play them.
While speaking Monday morning on WEEI’s “Kirk & Callahan,” Brady said he’d allow his oldest son, Jack, to play contact sports, if he asks to.
“I won’t tell him that he can’t, I’ll tell you that,” Brady said, via WEEI.com. “I had a lot of people tell me that I can’t. I won’t tell my kids they can’t do anything that they want to do. Whatever they choose to do I will fully support. If it is playing contact sports, I think contact sports teach you certain levels of discipline that other sports maybe don’t teach you. I have no problem with my kids playing football.”
Suffering injuries is a reality of playing contact sports, and Brady said it’s just part of what you sign up for.
“I know I am going to get hurt and bruised and bumped and suffer some degrees of pain when I go play football, but I also know I can take care of those things,” Brady said. “I’ve done a pretty good job to this point taking care of those things and I’ve faced a lot over 17 years — broken bones, torn ligaments, concussions. I still feel as good as I’ve ever felt. I feel like I’ve learned a lot and I want to share those things with a lot of people who are trying to accomplish the same things.”
Brady’s dietary and lifestyle regimens have become pretty well known. And once football ends for him, if it ever does, Brady said he wants to share what he’s learned with others.
“It doesn’t need to be the way it has always been,” Brady said. Just because we have done it a certain way for 20 or 30 years, doesn’t mean that was the right way. There are different ways to doing it. I’ve experienced a different way through taking care of my body a certain way and I want to share that with other people who want great information. I think I’ve been a good case study for those things. I’m excited to share with people when I have more time to commit to that when I am done playing.”
It’s fair to assume that Brady will offer more advice than simply rubbing some dirt on it.
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