NFL legendary quarterback Tom Brady announced he’s “retiring for good.”
Brady released an emotional video to his fans. “Good morning, guys. I’ll get to the point right away,” he began. WATCH:
Truly grateful on this day. Thank you 🙏🏻❤️ pic.twitter.com/j2s2sezvSS
— Tom Brady (@TomBrady) February 1, 2023
“I’m retiring for good. I know the process was a pretty big deal last time,” he continued. “So, when I woke up this morning, I figured I’d just press record and let you guys know first so.”
“I won’t be long-winded. You only get one super emotional retirement essay and I used mine up last year,” he added.
“I really thank you guys so much to everyone single one of you for supporting me.”
Just a reminder … @TomBrady pic.twitter.com/h2UD8QcrXz
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) February 1, 2023
“My family, my friends, my teammates, my competitors… I can go on forever. There’s too many.”
“Thank you guys for allowing me to live my absolute dream,” he said. “I wouldn’t change a thing.”
Brady spent his first 20 seasons with the New England Patriots from 2001 to 2019. He is widely regarded as the greatest quarterback of all time with 7 Super Bowl wins.
Tom Brady's 23-season career:
– 7x Super Bowl Champion
– 5x Super Bowl MVP
– 3x League MVP
– 89,214 regular season passing yards (1st all time)
– 649 regular season TDs (1st all time)
– 13,400 Playoff passing yards (1st all time)
– 88 playoff TDs (1st all time) pic.twitter.com/sW05kBRP91— NFL (@NFL) February 1, 2023
Brady was selected 199th overall by the Patriots in the sixth round of the 2000 NFL Draft.
He holds nearly every major quarterback record. This includes the most career passing yards, completions, touchdown passes, and games started.
Brady is the NFL leader in career quarterback wins, quarterback regular season wins, quarterback playoff wins, and Super Bowl Most Valuable Player (MVP) Awards.
He’s the only Super Bowl MVP for two different franchises, the only quarterback to win a Super Bowl in three separate decades, the oldest NFL MVP at age 40, the oldest Super Bowl MVP at age 43, and the oldest quarterback selected to the Pro Bowl at age 44.
