‘It finally caught up to me’: Tom Brady reveals recent setback
Tom Brady is human, after all.
In his newsletter last week, the former quarterback, 48, admitted that he had a “crazy” October and was paying the price.
The father of three teens explained that not only is he deep into NFL season and other work obligations, he’s also dealing with kids’ stuff.
On top of everything, his health didn’t hold up.
“Last week it all finally caught up to me,” wrote the Hall of Famer. “I was run down and a little under the weather. It happens to all of us at one point or another.”
It was bound to happen because Brady was burning the candle on both ends, he explains to his fans.
“Illness. Injury. No matter how careful or healthy you are, if you are in a lot of different places every week, interacting with lots of different people, doing lots of different things to maximize every waking hour of your day, eventually a bug is going to get you. It’s your body’s way of telling you to slow down a bit.”
The athlete’s solution? Power through.
“Because life doesn’t stop when you want (or need) to stop. Work, family, relationships. They don’t go away. You’ve still got to show up for each of them as your best possible self. You’ve got to persevere and persist. You’ve got to be resilient — physically, mentally and emotionally,” the Fox Sports commentator continues.
Brady then gave a few recommendations for keeping illness at bay and to prevent getting sick in the first place.
First and foremost on the list? Sleep, “the foundation for physical resilience.”
No. 2: Hydration. “I try to avoid being in the position of drinking water as a response to thirst. I always want to be ahead of the game.”
Next up: Nutrition. “Regardless of its current condition, your body is a high performance automobile. Water is the oil that lubricates your motor and makes sure it doesn’t overheat or blow up. Food is the fuel that dictates how far and how fast you can go.”
And lastly, to be your best self, you can’t stay still.
“When it comes to physiology and the various functions of the human body, it’s use it or lose it,” concludes the Indian Creek Village resident. “Use your body, or lose function, lose flexion, lose strength, lose resilience.”
Wonder if he saw his ex-wife Gisele Bundchen’s recent Instagram post where she said basically the same thing. In a post last month, the supermodel gave one word of advice to how to (attempt) to look like her: Move.
“Movement is medicine,” shared the 45-year-old mom of three. “For your heart, your muscles, and just as importantly, for your mind and soul. Every time you move, you shift more than just your limbs. You move stagnant energy. You release stored emotion.”
This story was originally published November 3, 2025 at 1:52 PM.
