Montana offers advice to Brady

courtesy ballerstatus.com
Joe Montana had some advice today for Tom Brady, and it was plain and simple. Play as long as you can, according to boston.com

"I say play as long as you can, because the minute you get out, no matter how ready you think you are, you say it’s time and [then] when I was leaving Kansas City, as soon as that season started the next year I was going, ‘why did I do that?' I should have continued to play."

"Your body tells you something and your mind tells you something, but in reality, physically as long as you can play, I would play because it’s quitting cold turkey. You can’t go out with that kind of excitement in anything else that you’re gonna do. I always say, I wish everyone could play on a Sunday afternoon, just one game. Just so they would understand what if feels like, win or lose. [To see] what’s it like on a field on Sunday. Then you would never say, 'why is that guy still trying to play at his age.' [Then] you’ll understand the excitement of the game and there’s nothing like it."

Brady states that Montana is a significant influence in his young life growing up in San Francisco. Montana retired at 38, wile Brady says he wants to play into his 40's.

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