Travis Kelce says 'I love playing this game' as he shuts retirement speculations during podcast
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Travis Kelce has no plans to hang his boots.
The Kansas City Chiefs tight end, who is fresh from his Super Bowl LVIII win, joined his elder brother Jason Kelce for their ‘New Heights’ podcast.
What did Travis Kelce say about his retirement plans?
The two discussed Travis' future in the NFL after Jason mentioned Chiefs' teammate Chris Jones.
“He was also asked about retirement, and he said, ‘Once you begin thinking about things like that, you get in to feed the mind, those types of thoughts,’” Travis said.
“He said, ‘I don't even wanna take my mind to go that far to the R word. We've got more years,’” Jason said during the podcast, reports People.
Jason, while reflecting on Jones’ quote, chimed, “I don't know though. Travis is pretty f*****g old."
Travis, on the other hand, said that he doesn’t think about retirement unless he’s asked about it, to which Jason said “You think about it sometimes during really hard times of your body.”
“It's a thought that's like, I love playing this game at the highest level possible. And I love playing at it at a level where I know I can have a bunch of success," Travis stressed.
“I know I can still go out there and mow down dudes in the end zone. I know I can go out there and catch a flat route and turn it into a 15-20-yard game and make a few guys miss,” he added.
"The moment that I can't do that, I think that's when I'm just gonna be like, ‘Alright. What am I doing this for?’” Travis explained.
“I get excitement out of catching a ball, splitting a bunch of defenders, and getting a huge first down when nobody expected me to do it. You know? Or I scored a huge touchdown in a playoff game, in the Q4 when the team needed it the most,” he further said.
Internet shared their thoughts on Travis Kelce's take on retirement
Netizens reflected on the latest episode of 'New Heights' podcast hosted by Kelce brothers.
One person said on Facebook, “Who keeps asking the same question. 🙄 He’s been answering this question since the end of the past season.”
“I think he loves the attention more than the game,” the second slammed.
A user trolled, “Please get a new girlfriend tho, so I can go back to watching football.”
“I love the fact that Jason gets on here and has no worry to show his house as a normal lived in home. The laundry basket and his house actually looks lived in and doesn’t have to have it look like a homorama house,” another commented on their latest episode.
“Jason saying he would beat the crap out of a wiener dog in a race is why we all love this podcast,” one expressed.
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