Celebrity Parents Tom Brady Explains How Dropping Ben Off at Summer Camp Reminded Him of His Love of Football Tom Brady shares daughter Vivian Lake, 10, and son Benjamin Reign, 13, with ex Gisele Bündchen and son John "Jack" Edward, 15, with ex Bridget Moynahan By Angela Andaloro Angela Andaloro Angela Andaloro is a Society & Culture Staff Writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022. Her work has previously appeared on BuzzFeed, Entertainment Weekly, and LittleThings. People Editorial Guidelines Published on January 10, 2023 04:15PM EST Photo: Taylor Hill/WireImage; Tom Brady/Instagram Tom Brady is reflecting on a special parenting moment that resonated deeper than he expected. Discussing the "emotional components" of deciding whether to come back to football each season on his Let's Go podcast, Brady told co-host Jim Gray and guests Roger Staubach and Steve Young about taking son Benjamin Rein, 13, to summer camp. "I drop my son off at camp — he's 13 this year, at summer camp. It was just all boys, and they were all — there's no electronics, and they just got to go be kids," said Brady. "They swam, and they drew, and they played games." The Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback, 45, then related the experience of camp to his feelings about being in the NFL. Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. tom brady/Instagram Tom Brady Shares Texts He Received From Son Ben Ahead of Monday Night Football: 'Best Motivation' "I was driving away after the drop-off, and I'm like, 'damn, this is what football is like for me,' " Brady noted. "We all go eat in the same cafeteria, we're yelled at by the same coach. We're wearing the same stuff. We're still at camp." Connecting it back to decisions about his career or any other players, Brady said, "It's nice to connect to that feeling when we all didn't have as much responsibility." "The weight of life and the weight of the responsibilities of your life become more than — to value it, it's your cost-benefit analysis, so to speak. What am I giving up now, to continue to play, as opposed to what am I gaining?" he continued. tom brady/instagram "There's an emotional component to those decisions which do weigh differently on you as you get older because you just have more responsibility in your life." "And that responsibility is amazing. Children are —there's nothing to me more important than my kids." In addition to Ben, the quarterback, 45, shares daughter Vivian Lake, 10, with ex Gisele Bündchen. He is also dad to son John "Jack" Edward, 15, with ex Bridget Moynahan.