Tom Brady spoke to reporters for the first time since Super Bowl LI on Friday. It was the first chance the media had to ask him about his wife’s claims he suffered concussions in the past.
“I really don’t think that’s anyone’s business,” he said at New England Patriots training camp Friday when asked about his wife Gisele Bündchen’s assertion earlier this year that Brady suffered a concussion last season. “What happened last year — I’m focused on this year, and improvement, and working on things I need to get better at. That’s how I approach everything. I mean, I’m not sitting here worried about last year, or five years ago.”
There’s other people that do worry about that: my wife or my parents or my sisters or people that love me and care about me. But I do the best I can do to come out and be prepared to play and mentally and physically and I’ll give the game everything I can.”
Brady was on the injury report last season for thigh, knee and ankle injuries, but was not listed with a concussion.
“It’s a contact sport and I think we all understand that. And there’s a lot of great benefits that football brings you. You certainly can be put in harm’s way. So just do the best you can do as a player. And obviously, it’s great that there is more awareness for those types of things. It’s been a very important topic, certainly. But just try to be proactive and take care of your body as best way you can.”
After turning 40 years old on Thursday August 3rd, Brady is not thinking about life after football.
“I’ve never thought about not playing,” the five-time Super Bowl champ said. “So at least until my mid-forties, I’d say that’s a pretty good goal in and of itself. We’ll see when I get there. It’s been so fun.
