NFL Player Tweets Worldly Retirement Photo

Sam Laird2013-04-23 21:18:36 UTC

Scott Fujita is a winner. He attended UC Berkeley, played 11 NFL seasons and won a Super Bowl with the New Orleans Saints in 2010.

So it's no real surprise Fujita announced his retirement from pro football in just about the most boss, worldly way possible: by sharing a photo of himself signing the paperwork from atop Machu Picchu. The Saints head of communications tweeted this pic on Monday:

Saints thrilled to have Scott Fujita sign his contract from Manchu Picchu this morning and retire a Saints twitter.com/GregBensel/sta…

— Greg Bensel (@GregBensel) April 22, 2013

Fujita then followed that up with a philosophical Twitter photo of his own from the historic Incan ruins in southern Peru:

Where one journey ends, another begins. Thank you for a great 11 years. Proud to retire as a New Orleans Saint. twitter.com/scottfujita99/…

— Scott Fujita (@scottfujita99) April 22, 2013

So it looks like the 33-year-old Fujita is going to adjust to retirement just fine.

The fellow he's standing with in that second photo, by the way, is former Saints teammate Steve Gleason. Gleason now uses a wheelchair after a long battle with Lou Gehrig's Disease. Gleason also uses eye-monitoring technology to write inspirational tweets and messages to his social media followers, and you can read up on his powerful full story here.

Photo by Donald Miralle/Getty Images

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