This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255).Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love revealed he almost quit football at 14 years old in an article he wrote in "The Players Tribune" on Monday.When Love was 14 years old, his father committed suicide the summer after his freshman year of high school.Love wrote that when football began in the fall, he wanted to quit.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM"When football started that fall, I wanted to quit. It wasnt even that big of a deal. I was a nobody. I was the smallest kid on the field literally. My freshman year, I was 5'6", 136 pounds. Maybe 5'7" with my Vans on. I didnt even make JV. I was the backup QB on the freshman team. Just some dude," Love wrote in "The Players Tribune."The Packers quarterback said his mom talked him out of quitting, and made him a deal."(Mom) saw right through me. She saw how much I was hurting. I just wasnt in my right mind. So she made a deal with me," Love wrote.JARED ALLEN REACTS TO WARDROBE MALFUNCTION DURING HALL OF FAME CELEBRATION: 'SHOULD'VE LISTENED TO MY WIFE'"She said, Just give it one more year. If you dont love it at the end of this year, and you want to stop, then well stop."While Love didnt magically turn into a superstar that season, he said that playing allowed him to "forget about everything for a few hours.""I couldnt say no to my mom. I gave in. Got out the car.. Went to practice. Kept going. And I wish that I could say The rest is history. But it wasnt history. Like I said, I was a regular-a-- dude. I made the JV squad, and I had a lot of fun with my friends. When I was on the field, I could kind of forget about everything for a few hours. That was a win," he continued.Love said without his mother, and "without that brotherhood of football, I never would have made it.""That camaraderie of football took me out of a really dark and lonely place. Through everything, the one thing that I could always count on was my friends and family. Theres just no way Id be here without them. No way Id have made it out of Bakersfield. No way in hell that Id be the quarterback of the Green Bay Packers," Love said.Love is entering his fifth season, all with the Packers, and his third season as the teams starting quarterback.Last season, the team was 9-6 in Loves starts, and he had a completion percentage of 63.1% with 3,389 yards and 25 touchdowns with 11 interceptions.Follow Fox News Digitals sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.