Tom Brady Talks Spending Time Away from His Family for Work and the Importance of Giving Back (Exclusive)

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Tom Brady wishes he had more time to spend with his family. ET's Rachel Smith spoke to the 44-year-old quarterback following IWC Schaffhausen's charity golf event, and the pro athlete reflected on the guilt he feels over how his career has meant time away from home.The seven-time Super Bowl winner and his wife, Gisele Bündchen, share two kids, Benjamin, 12, and Vivian, 9.

Brady also has John, 14, from a previous relationship.«Being available to your kids is really important... I feel like I'm so driven to succeed in football and that's taken me away from other important priorities, which are my kids, my wife,» Brady told ET. «She's really held it down for our family.

I'm super grateful that she really committed so much of her time the last 14 years to make sure everything was so stable at home, so I could go live my dream.

I look back at my parents, and my dad and mom did the same thing for me.» «I do feel, maybe, some guilt that I haven't been able to do that in the same way for my kids, but I'm doing the best I can do,» he added. «I'm trying to be really conscious and aware of that, and then when I do have the time to spend with them, I'm really present.» Rather than focus on the guilt he sometimes feels, Brady focuses on being present during the time he does get with his family.«We're all trying to make it through our challenging lives, and we have priorities, and we have jobs, and relationships...