Tom Brady is recovering from knee surgery and is optimistic about his recovery.
The star quarterback has just come off a successful first season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, having delivered a Super Bowl championship, and said while attending coach Bruce Arians' Family Foundation gala this weekend that he was feeling positive about returning to offseason training soon.
"Yeah, I hope so. I hope so. I feel pretty good, and I push myself pretty hard," he said, according to ESPN. "I feel pretty good. I don't know if I could go this week, but we'll see how things play out. It's a long time between now and the beginning of the season, and just be smart about all these different things that we have to do and fulfill; but we all take a lot of pride in being ready to go, and I'm sure we will be."
Brady added that his recovery was going well, but has not revealed specifics about the type of surgery he had.
"It's good, it's good. It's good progress," he continued. "It's rehab. None of that is fun, but looking forward to getting back to real training and stuff, which is hopefully here pretty soon. ... I'm cool with it. It's just part of what you deal with,” he said. “Things come up. You deal with them the best way you can, with the best opportunity to improve. I'm definitely feeling a lot better than I did six or seven weeks ago."
According to a source, Brady had been planning the surgery for several months and it is understandable why he is taking measures now to prevent further injuries later in the season. He has landed on the injury report over 186 times, ESPN reported. His only season-ending injury occurred in 2008 when he was sidelined for 15 weeks after tearing his ACL. Brady also reportedly has a history of concussions.
"He has concussions pretty much every — I mean, we don't talk about it. He does have concussions," Brady's wife, Gisele Bundchen, said in 2017 on "CBS This Morning," according to ESPN. "I don't really think it's a healthy thing for a body to go through that kind of aggression all the time. That could not be healthy for you."
Despite his injuries, retirement is not yet on the cards for Brady, who has said he would consider playing his last game in his mid-40s. The 43-year-old told the outlet that 45 may be a good time to reconsider his retirement, but that would all depend on how he was feeling.
"If I get there and I still feel like I do today, I don't see why I wouldn't want to continue," he said in 2017, adding that Bundchen was on the same page.
"She wants me to do that, too," Brady said. "She also wants me to take good care of myself and still have my energy. My kids have grown up faster than I thought."
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