Along with preparing to become Fox’s new lead in-game NFL analyst this coming season, retired quarterback Tom Brady has spent the last 18 months or so of his life offering advice to younger signal-callers such as Chicago Bears rookie Caleb Williams.

Williams recently spoke with ESPN’s Courtney Cronin about some guidance he received from Brady ahead of the upcoming campaign.

“He kept harping on competitive stamina, he kept harping on being around your guys, understanding them, that relationship,” Williams said about his chat with Brady, as shared by Andrew Peters of Bleacher Report. “And then, just, it’s hard. The job is hard. It’s a tough job. It’s tough to go out there and win games. So doing the best you can in the film room, with your diet and all the other things you can control. Go out there and handle those things and it gives your chances of winning games and doing what you want to do, it gives you the best chance.”

Brady retired “for good” in February 2023 as a seven-time Super Bowl champion and five-time Super Bowl Most Valuable Player who played into his mid-40s, thanks in part to his much-publicized obsession with staying healthy and elite. Others, such as fellow future Hall of Famer Aaron Rodgers, have adopted different principles of Brady’s famous “TB12 Method” in attempts to extend their careers.

Williams noted he’s embraced at least some aspects of Brady’s in-season TB12 diet.

“Obviously he has the knowledge of 22 years, however long he played, of playing ball and being healthy,” Williams said about Brady. “That’s ultimately what I’m trying to reach, is to play that long, play as long as I can and be healthy throughout all of it. A big part of it is the diet and working out and how you work out. And then getting on the field, the mental part, the physical part takes over. But the things that I can control, control those things, which is my diet and that’s a big key to be able to play for such a long time.”

At least one AFC scout mentioned before the Bears made Williams the first overall pick of this year’s draft how some believed quarterback Jayden Daniels, now with the Washington Commanders, “loves football more” than Williams and, thus, would be more dedicated to the cause as a rookie. It certainly sounds like Williams is doing whatever possible to squash such takes ahead of making his regular-season debut against the Tennessee Titans on Sept. 8.