Tom Brady is his son Jack‘s biggest cheerleader.
In fact, the retired NFL quarterback believes the 17-year-old—who he shares with ex Bridget Moynahan—would dominate the basketball world if he were to ever go pro.
“I have a son who’s 6-foot-5 and wants to play basketball,” Tom shared at the Fortune Global Forum in New York City Nov. 12. “Unfortunately, he jumps as high as I do, but I tell him, ‘Dude, you’re gonna be a stud.'”
The 47-year-old added once Jack hits his growth spurt, he’ll be jumping higher and dunking.
“Whether he does or not, who cares?” Tom said. “But I want him to know that his dad’s got his back.”
After all, the seven-time Super Bowl champion noted that “it sucks to be Tom Brady’s son, in so many ways.”
“There’s a lot of challenges I faced as a kid,” shared Tom, who is also dad to kids Benjamin, 14, and Vivian, 11, with ex-wife Gisele Bündchen. “My kids naturally are gonna be faced with their own challenges and they gotta figure out how to overcome them, too.”
