Tom Brady apologises for military comments

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Tom Brady #12 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on the sideline during the first quarter in the game against the Los Angeles Rams at SoFi Stadium on September 26, 2021 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
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Tom Brady has apologized for comparing football to โ€œdeployment in the militaryโ€.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback has backtracked on his remarks from earlier this week following criticism and insisted he has a โ€œtremendous amount of gratitudeโ€ for service personnel and should never have compared the situations.

Tom originally said on Monday (17.10.22): โ€œI almost look at a football season like youโ€™re going away on deployment in the military. โ€˜Here I go againโ€™.

โ€œWhen it comes down to it, your competitiveness takes over and as much as you want to have this playful balance with the work balance, youโ€™re going to end up doing exactly what youโ€™ve always done, which is why you are who you are.โ€

Backtracking on Thursday (20.10.22), he said: โ€œIt was a very poor choice of words. I apologise.

โ€œI have a tremendous amount of gratitude to everyone who served.

โ€œIn the end, we play a game, and the military is defending our country. Itโ€™s two different things and I shouldnโ€™t have made the comparison.โ€

Earlier this year, the 45-year-old sportsman announced his retirement but then declared he was returning to the NFL a few months later, and he has now insisted heโ€™s got no plans to hang up his boots any time soon.

He joked at a press conference: โ€œThatโ€™s really why Iโ€™m here. Iโ€™m here to announce finallyโ€ฆ you guys pushed me to the brink.โ€

He then more seriously added: โ€œI love the sport, and I love the teammates, and I want to go do a great job for this team like I always have. No retirement in my future.โ€

Tom has been subject to speculation his marriage to Gisele Bundchen is in trouble and he recently explained he โ€œignoresโ€ the gossip because he knows few people know the truth.

During his SiriusXM show โ€˜Letโ€™s Go! with Tom Brady, Larry Fitzgerald and Jim Grayโ€™, Jim asked his pal how he is able to โ€œignore the microscopeโ€ his life is under.

He added: โ€œYou just kind of ignore it all. Does it not make a difference to you whatโ€™s going on online and social media?โ€

Tom replied: โ€œWell I think the point is everyone should just be authentic to who they are. You know, some people approach it in different ways and it just has to work for them as part of your personality.โ€

The quarterback then explained his โ€œstyleโ€ when it comes to external speculation is: โ€œTo just ignore as much as possible and realise that most of the people in the conversation donโ€™t have a full idea of whatโ€™s really going on.โ€