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Former NFL quarterback Terry Bradshaw has spent more than 40 years talking football behind the microphone, but he still has a lot more to say – about the game he loves and the personal demons he’s still battling.
“I’ve dealt with depression, divorce. There’s a lot of personal stuff here that I haven’t talked about,” said the FOX NFL Sunday cohost, 78, said in a Q&A session Sunday, October 11 with the Los Angeles Times in support of the upcoming release of his new memoir, “Looking for Terry.” “I just wanted to get out there. I think it would be helpful or beneficial.”
Bradshaw has already written four more books, and he said this time, the writing was more for him than anyone else.
“The first book is a silly sports book. Sorry,” he said. “I think the second one was just as stupid as the first. The fourth and fifth books were good. I sat down [this time] and put a lot of time into it…I’m not doing it for money. The people who get paid are the writers and the publisher. I got stuff to get off my chest. It’s soul cleansing.”
In the memoir, Bradshaw says he has suffered from anxiety and depression for much of his life, including when he was involved with the Pittsburgh Steelers. His formal diagnosis came in the late 1990s, long after his playing career had ended.
Speaking out now, Bradshaw said he had worked with strangers and thanked him.
“Men come up to me in the grocery store,” he said. “They say, ‘Hey, Terry, I really appreciate you talking about depression. I’m dealing with depression, and you really helped me.’ I say, ‘Hey man, my pleasure’.”
Bradshaw also discussed his future with Fox amid calls for his resignation following a health scare and several on-air mistakes.
“I love my job,” he said. “This year was the first year I got nervous. I wanted to extend my contract. So I signed for the Super Bowl. Two more years. I’ll be 80.”
Bradshaw said, “Everybody in any business has to go. The young guys are coming. But I want to be relevant. I want to be good. I want to continue. I want to be for America [tune in] and look at me. I want them [like] me I can’t wait to do the show. “
“Looking for Terry” is now available in hardcover, eBook and audiobook, read by Bradshaw himself.
