Six-time Pro Bowler Randy Moss, who walked away from the NFL before the start of the 2011 season, announced his desire to return to football this past weekend, insisting that he couldn’t sustain the physical demands a life of retirement places on his body.
“I just can’t do it,” said Moss about retirement. “In the NFL you get to take breaks. A few plays on, several plays off. Sit down when you want to, head to the locker room early, mess around with the fans and reporters. Retirement ain’t nothing like that man. It’s tough.”
Moss cited instances in which he had to prepare his own food, seek out his own medical care, play with his children, entertain his girlfriend and pick out his own clothes as some of the unwelcome aspects of retired life. “I didn’t have to do any of that in the NFL. I got my paycheck and people took care of that for me. If I didn’t like the food I was given, I ******* about it. What am I sup...
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