New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is nearing the end of his career. At 40 years old, Brady isn’t expected to play for several more seasons after this year, and part of the process leading up to his eventual retirement is pondering on the health issues that have plagued plenty of retired NFL players before him.
When asked by Norah O’Donnell in an appearance on CBS Sunday Morning about what he thinks of these illnesses, particularly the dreaded CTE brain disease, and how these would shape the NFL’s future, Brady sounded just as clueless as anybody else.
The Associated Press has the transcript of the conversation:
“I don’t know what the future is going to look like, you know, and I’m not going to pretend to predict it,” Brady says. “And I’m going to do everything I can to take care of my body in advance of the, you know, of the hits that I’m going to take on Sunday.”
O’Donnell noted to Brady that of the 111 ex-NFL players that had undergone examination, 110 showed signs of CTE in their brains, though Brady is likely very much aware of the disease even before the interview, considering the number of headlines this brain disease has grabbed over the past several years.
Brady’s entrenched himself so deep in the game of football that it could be difficult for him to worry that much about his health this late in his career. Brady’s has had several injuries before including numerous concussions over his 18-year NFL career and being exposed to the physicality of the sport that long puts his prospects of enjoying a healthy retired life somewhat in a state of uncertainty.
The five-time Super Bowl champion, however, doesn’t seem to be bothered by that — for now.
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