Shedeur Sanders got some advice from none other than Tom Brady after his team’s win against the TCU Horned Frogs over the weekend.
The 21-year-old Colorado Buffaloes running back — and son of head coach Deion Sanders — told reporters at a news conference Tuesday that the football legend sent a three-word text message.
“After the game, he texted me, ‘Don’t be satisfied,'” Sanders said at the conference, which was published on x (formerly known as Twitter). “It was great to hear from him, to know he’s still watching and stuff like that.”
“Just working with him, he really just helped me understand, I don’t focus on the good things,” he added. “Focus on the bad things. Focus on the things we couldn’t do at a high level.”
After announcing his retirement from the NFL for the second time in February, the 46-year-old Brady spoke candidly about his place in the sports world, as well as his decision to help those who follow in his footsteps.
“I’ll always love throwing that ball,” the seven-time Super Bowl champion told co-host Jim Gray on SiriusXM Let’s go! With Tom Brady, Larry Fitzgerald and Jim Gray on Monday, noting that he played football for 32 years — “high school, college, and then obviously 20 years in New England.”
Tom Brady attends the premiere of Paramount Pictures’ “80 for Brady” in Los Angeles.
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Brady also told Gray he plays soccer with son Benjamin Rein, 13, who he shares with ex Gisele Bündchen — who also has two other children: Vivian Lake, 10, with Bündchen and John “Jack” Edward Thomas, 16, with ex Bridget Moynahan — and opened up about his son’s athletic aspirations during an interview with SiriusXM.
“My son is going to play football this year, Benny, so I was throwing him the ball in the yard,” Brady continued. “And he wants to be tough like Gronk, and he’s going to be a little beast. He is an amazing kid and has many talents.”
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“My daughter made me kick a soccer ball,” he said, adding, “And [I’m] I am really enjoying this new experience. And there is so much in life that is here to live. And I was very blessed to play for so long and I loved it.”
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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers linebacker will soon be on the other side of the sports fence as he’s slated to join Fox Sports’ broadcast team in 2024. “Now I get to see other guys do it, and I get to see football from a different perspective as well,” he told Gray during a SiriusXM chat . “I’m going to be on Fox next year, so I have a chance to really sit back and watch and learn another career.”
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“You know, I was looking at it from a quarterback’s lens,” he continued. “Now I see it more from maybe broadcasting, but also as a fan and then still as a quarterback. So maybe a few different perspectives to learn, which will be a really fun thing.”
Brady said he is focused on transitioning “to different things.”
“I mean, a lot of it is redirecting to different areas of life,” he said on SiriusXM. “I would say competitiveness. There will never be anything like running out in front of 70,000 people screaming, ‘Let’s go f—– let’s go!’ And I mean, that chapter is amazing. And I’ve been doing it longer than anyone else and it’s been a lot of fun.”
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