Tom Brady says he still hasn’t made a decision on retirement

Tom Brady said Monday that he still has not decided whether or not he will return for his 23rd season in the NFL. The announcement comes following a weekend of conflicting reports about the 44-year old quarterback’s future.

“I’m still going through the process that I said I was going through,” Brady said Monday night on his radio show “Let’s Go! With Tom Brady, Larry Fitzgerald and Jim Gray,” after rumors of his impending retirement swirled over the weekend. “Sometimes it takes some time to really evaluate how you feel, what you want to do. And I think when the time’s right, I’ll be ready to make a decision one way or another.”

“Literally, it’s day-to-day with me,” he added. “I’m just trying to do the best I can every day, and, you know, evaluate things as they come and try to make a great decision for me and my family.”

Brady said he has no timeline on when a decision might be made. “When I know, I’ll know, and when I don’t know, I don’t know,” he said. “And I’m not gonna race to some conclusion about that.”

On Saturday, ESPN’s Adam Schefter and Jeff Darlington reported that Brady was planning to retire. Numerous sources also told CBS Sports NFL Insider Jason La Canfora that the quarterback was planning to retire shortly and that an announcement could come within the week.

Several sources quickly pushed back on those reports, however. Within two hours of ESPN’s initial report, Brady’s father, Tom Brady Sr., told NFL Network’s Mike Giardi that his son had not made a decision yet. The Associated Press then cited sources who said Brady had told the Tampa Bay Buccaneers he had not yet made up his mind.

When asked Monday if he was surprised by the reports, Brady said, “I’m responsible for what I say and do, and not responsible for what others say and do. One thing I’ve learned about sports: You control what you can control, and what you can’t, you leave to others.”