“Tom Was in Bed for Months”: Gisele Bündchen Once Revisited the Challenging Days When Tom Brady Pondered an Early Retirement

Gisele Bündchen has separated from her ex-husband NFL GOAT Tom Brady. But throughout their 13 years of marriage together, Bündchen has played a crucial role in keeping Brady fit in the NFL. The couple has faced Brady’s tough times together in the league. No wonder the NFL world considered them the perfect NFL couple during their marriage. However, there was a time when Brady was going through difficult times.

In her book, ‘Lessons: My Path to a Meaningful Life’, Gisele Bündchen talked about the challenging days she faced with the 7X Super Bowl champion as Brady was looking at early retirement.

Gisele Bündchen talks about the hurdles during Brady’s injury

In her book, the Brazilian model wrote about the time back in 2008, when Brady suffered a serious ACL injury. It was the first game of the season when the QB injured himself. Following his injury, the times were tough, as the road to rehabilitation was a challenging one. 

Bündchen wrote, “It wasn’t an easy recovery, thanks to a series of staph infections. Tom was in bed for months.” She further wrote about how after the injury, both she and Brady switched to a healthier diet. She wrote. “Once Tom started eating clean, delicious organic foods, he felt much better, and it wasn’t too hard for him to give up his old diet. We both decided we want to keep eating this way, even after we returned to Boston.”

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The ACL injury incident in Brady’s life was a tumultuous one, as it could have led to an early retirement for the 7X Super Bowl champ from the NFL.

Early retirement for the GOAT?

Tom Brady announced his retirement from professional football earlier this year at the age of 45. But there was a time when he pondered over the thought of retiring from the game after he went down with a torn ACL injury in 2008. Once you go down with such an injury, the road to rehabilitation is a tough one. Primarily because you miss out on training as you are recuperating your strength back into your legs. But Brady did not give up, and after having knee surgery and rehab, he bounced back to create the legacy we all know now in the NFL.

Despite Brady’s own perseverance, due credit has to be given to his family, including his ex-wife Gisele Bündchen, who supported Tom Brady every step of the way to recovery.

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