New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees is playing like a quarterback that still has many years left in the league, but he is 40 years old and it's unclear how much longer he is going to play. Brees knows that he can't play forever, and that is causing him to play with a sense of urgency.
“I'm just going to play each season like it's my last, because I want that mentality, that sense of urgency, that when I wake up every day, man there is something to prove, and I don't want to miss out on a second of it,” Brees said via the New Orleans Advocate.
“I want to enjoy every moment, take a little more time in the locker room to enjoy my teammates, you know, joke around and just have fun. Dance to Choppa Style in the locker room, right? And just enjoy this time with my kids, because them being a part of this, them being able to experience this is just … it's just magical. It's something I'll remember forever.”
Brees at one point did say he thinks he can play till he was 45 years old, but as he has gotten older he has made the goals yearly instead of trying to figure out the rest of his career. He knows that a bad injury could pop up at any time or at some point he could struggle to throw the ball with as much success as he has the last few years.
Brees and Saints fans hope that this can be another one of those magical seasons that finishes with a victory parade in the streets of New Orleans.
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