Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady announced his retirement from the NFL about a week ago. Brady is a living legend in the sports world, as his greatness translates from sport to sport. Brady's retirement sparked many reactions, which are still pouring in eight days after the fact. Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic posted his eight-day late reaction to Brady's retirement on social media.

This is an awesome message from tennis star Novak Djokovic on Tom Brady's retirement. Djokovic is a little late on the message to the Buccaneers star, though he deserves some slack, as he had a, er, busy January.

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In all seriousness, Djokovic and Brady are two of the greats in their respective sports, both accomplished enough to have their names brought up in the GOATs of tennis and football.

That's why it's cool to see Djokovic say that the Buccaneers star inspired him. Brady's incredible longevity before ultimately retiring at the age of 44 is definitely something that the Serbian tennis star, who is trying to extend his own prime at the age of 34, was paying close attention to.

Even though it's a late reaction, it's still awesome to see 20-time Grand Slam winner Novak Djokovic offer congratulations to seven-time Super Bowl winner Tom Brady.