Tom Brady Says 2022 Taught Him Personal Lessons He Doesn't 'Care To Share'

Things have not been easy for NFL quarterback Tom Brady on or off the field this season.

Not only are the Tampa Bay Buccaneers struggling to win this season, but the quarterback also recently went through a divorce with Brazilian fashion model Gisele Bündchen. The two were married for 13 years.

The NFL quarterback recently opened up about the "mental, emotional, and physical" challenges he has had to overcome in 2022.

"A lot of them are very personal that I really don't care to share, I really don't," he said while on Monday's episode of his SiriusXM podcast Let's Go! with Tom Brady, Larry Fitzgerald and Jim Gray.

"We all have physical, mental, emotional aspects to us" that "are challenged" each year he expressed before saying, "Some years you are challenged a little more physically and you gotta overcome adversities physically."

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers just had their eighth loss of the season, which is not something NFL fans are used to seeing.

"It's hard to show up every day to the media" Brady admitted when his team is losing, "It's not very fun."

Brady added that he now has "a lot more empathy for guys who" are able to remain positive during a tough season like this one is for him. "It's something I haven't had to deal with before," he explained. "It's life, you're not entitled to winning. No one's guaranteed tomorrow."

The 45-year-old continued by saying, "I'm looking at it like, no, what am I learning? What am I learning from putting a similar amount of energy in over the last couple of years and not winning? What is that teaching me? You know, why should we feel like we're just entitled to win all the time? We're not. That's not what life's about."

One of the lessons Brady has learned this year is to take each day as a new opportunity and to look at the positive. "The sun came up today. We've got to do something about it. We woke up, we have a chance," he said. "This is not the time to feel sorry for yourself."

During the NFL season, the news broke that Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen were getting a divorce. The speculation that the two were in rocky waters began when Tom Brady unexpectedly took an 11-day break from training camp in August due to “personal reasons.”

After Brady returned to training camp from his 11-day absence, he released a statement saying, “Everyone has different situations they’re dealing with, and we all have unique challenges to our lives. I’m 45 years old, man.”

Although the rumors suggested Brady’s decision to unretire and return to the NFL is the reason to blame, another source, close to the Tampa Bay Bucs quarterback and the Brazilian fashion model, says that is not the case and those claims are “sexist.”

“In recent days, my wife and I finalized our divorce from one another after 13 years of marriage,” Brady posted on Instagram shortly after the news broke.

“We arrived at this decision amicably and with gratitude for the time we spent together. We are blessed with beautiful and wonderful children who will continue to be the center of our world in every way. We will continue to work together as parents to always ensure they receive the love and attention they deserve,” Brady continued to write on his Instagram Story, “We arrived at this decision to end our marriage after much consideration. Doing so, is, of course, painful and difficult, like it is for many people who go through the same thing every day around the world. However we wish only the best for each other as we pursue whatever new chapters in our lives that are yet to be written,” he continued.

Brady concluded with, “And we kindly as for privacy and respect as we navigate what is to come in the days and weeks ahead. Thank you.”