It's been a few years now, but the ripple effects are still there.
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Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen have both moved on since their 2022 divorce, yet Brady recently gave a glimpse into just how tough that period really was.
Timing was everything. And not in a good way.
Brady said his final NFL season overlapped with everything happening in his personal life, calling it a challenge that took more out of him than people probably realized.
"My last season was tough," he said.
That tracks. He had already accomplished everything. Two decades of dominance. Titles. Records. Then came a season where the focus wasn't just football. It rarely is at that stage.
Brady stuck to his plan, though. He had long targeted age 45 as the finish line, and once he got there, the priorities shifted.
Family became the center. He said he wanted to be at his kids' games after they had spent years watching him at his. That part feels pretty relatable, even for someone with his résumé.
Life now looks different. Gisele has remarried and welcomed another child with Joaquim Valente. Brady has kept busy with broadcasting, business ventures, and raising his three kids.
He admitted there's not a lot of downtime. Not much of a personal life in the traditional sense.
But he also sounds at peace with it. Busy, involved, showing up for his kids.
For someone who spent 23 years chasing wins on Sundays, that's a different kind of scoreboard.
