NFL star Travis Kelce has said his fiancée, the singer Taylor Swift, inspired him to continue to play after considering retirement.
The Kansas City Chiefs tight end, 36, said on Tuesday that Swift's joy for her music inspired him to stay on with his team.
It comes after Kelce publicly considered leaving the NFL team and was a free agent before agreeing to re-sign a contract with the Chiefs on Monday.
Speaking on The Pat McAfee Show, Kelce said: "We share the same love for what we do, and fortunately we've had this desire since we were kids in our selective professions.
"It's amazing to see her keep going to the table, keep finding new things to write about, keep finding new melodies and, on top of that, still seeing her have that love and joy in what she does.
"Of course, that's motivating. That's motivating for anybody to see, let alone my fiancée, knowing that I'm going through something where I'm trying to figure out exactly what the future holds for me.
"Something like that definitely motivates me to say, 'You know what? I'm not done, either'. I've still got some ideas in the back of my mind and still got some juice left to play this game."
Kelce, who has won three Super Bowls with the Chiefs, first joined the team in 2013.
Swift and Kelce made global headlines last August after announcing their engagement in a joint Instagram post that read: "Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married."
Swift sang about the NFL star in her number one album The Life of a Showgirl, including on her song Opalite, which references his birthstone, opal.
Earlier this year, the singer released an accompanying star-studded music video that featured Peaky Blinders' Cillian Murphy, singer Lewis Capaldi, TV presenter Graham Norton, About Time star Domhnall Gleeson, Past Lives' Greta Lee, and The Agency's Jodie Turner-Smith.
The Life of a Showgirl has since been named the best-selling album globally in 2025 by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI).
Source: Press Association
