SportUS SportThe record-breaking quarterback will return for another season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers<\/p>\n
Tom Brady reads mean tweets about himself<\/p>\n
NFL superstar Tom Brady said he will return to the field with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers just two months after announcing his retirement.<\/p>\n
The record-breaking American football quarterback announced in February that he would step down from play after 22 seasons and seven Super Bowl titles.<\/p>\n
Yet on Sunday, he tweeted: \u201cThese past two months I\u2019ve realised my place is still on the field and not in the stands. That time will come. But it\u2019s not now. <\/p>\n
\u201cI love my teammates, and I love my supportive family. They make it all possible. I\u2019m coming back for my 23rd season in Tampa. Unfinished business. Let\u2019s f***ing go.\u201d<\/p>\n
Previously, Mr Brady had said he believed American football was an \u201call-in proposition\u201d which required \u201c100 per cent competitive commitment\u201d, concluding: \u201cMy teammates, coaches, fellow competitors, and fans deserve 100 per cent of me.\u201d<\/p>\n
At 44 years of age, Mr Brady was and remains the oldest active player in the NFL, and is one of the top ten oldest quarterbacks in NFL history.<\/p>\n
However, he had already hinted that he might return, telling American sportscaster Jim Gray that he would \u201cnever say never\u201d. His team said it would \u201cleave the light on\u201d for him.<\/p>\n
Hours before Mr Brady\u2019s tweet, video emerged of a meeting with Portuguese association footballer Cristiano Ronaldo at a Manchester United game on Saturday, in which Mr Brady appeared to dodge answering Mr Ronaldo\u2019s question: \u201cYou\u2019re finished, right?\u201d<\/p>\n
As well winning seven Super Bowls, Mr Brady is the all-time leader in touchdown passes and passing yards \u2013 a record he broke in October against his former team. <\/p>\n
He made his professional debut in 200 after playing college football in Michigan, famously being picked 199th out of 254 players in that year\u2019s NFL draft.<\/p>\n
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