The future Hall-of-Fame center — who announced his NFL retirement Monday after spending his entire 13-season career with the Philadelphia Eagles — explained why his retirement was “a long time coming” in the latest installment of his and Travis Kelce’s “New Heights” podcast.

“Obviously I’ve debated retiring the last few seasons,” Jason said after his younger brother complimented his “beautiful” retirement speech, during which he broke down in tears at the Eagles’ facility.

“I think it got to the point where I knew that was what I wanted to do and it was nerve-racking getting to that day. But a lot of the things that I said and shared are things I’ve wanted to share for a long time and you wait until the moment where it feels right to do it.”