Tom Brady Quotes

It's just part of whatever motivates guys and whatever they say. Ultimately it comes down to how well you play. What I've learned over the years, a lot of guys talk. What you need to do is go out there and play, back it up. They've been able to back it up, so that's why it works for them. Hopefully we can go out there and do our talking on the field.

I dress for the occasion. I like Tom Ford for more formal, especially his suits, and I wear a lot of Under Armour for my athletic gear. I also love Rag & Bone.

Sometimes some of the toughest things you deal with end up being the best things because you realize the people that you can rely on, that love you and support you through it.

There's a lot of people who don't like Tom Brady and I'm OK with that.

I think I've been fortunate over the years to be at a point in my career where I really get to choose the partnerships that I really want to take on and they're a perfect fit.

I'm a pretty good winner. I'm a terrible loser. And I rub it in pretty good when I win.

It's never come easy for me. I don't think my mind allows me to rest ever. I have, I think, a chip on my shoulder, and some deep scars that I don't think were healed.

In Boston, they love their sports celebrities. And it's great.

I feel like I've always played within the rules. I would never do anything to break the rules. I believe in fair play and I'll always believe in that for as long as I'm playing.

When you hang with a bunch of 300-pound linemen, you tend to find the places that are the greasiest and serve the most food.

I certainly want a name that I can pronounce!

I think so highly of people who love their sport and make a really strong commitment to it.

I hope I have a lot more football left.

Losing sucks, and especially to the Jets.

I think sometimes in life the biggest challenges end up being the best things that happen in your life.

Every quarterback can throw a ball; every running back can run; every receiver is fast; but that mental toughness that you talk about translates into competitiveness.

You know, watching Dan Marino and Steve Young get nominated to the Hall of Fame ... those guys are unbelievable and they did it for so long. I'd love to play like those guys, but there's still a long way to go and a lot of growing.

This is really a dream come true. To be the starting quarterback in the Super Bowl is probably the highlight of my life.

My Favorite Ring is Always the Next One

I'd love to give Malcolm the truck. We're going to figure out how to make that happen.

I love playing football. I love playing for the Patriots.

I'm not a very creative person, you know? I'm not really an art person. I'm not a great reader or writer or artist or musician.

After the first day of practice, there's not one guy who's playing at 100 percent or who feels great. Sometimes, getting up in the morning and brushing your teeth is the hardest part of the day - it just hurts.

Certainly I accept my role and responsibility as a public figure and a lot of it you take the good with the bad, dealing with different adversities in life, you just try to do the best you can do.

People want to go out and travel around and meet cool people. I could just go live in Vermont, but is that what I really want?

I always try to do as much as I can do. I'm never a person that does not enough, because I'd regret not doing enough and think I probably could have done more. I probably go too far and have to reel myself back in, which works in some things, and other things it doesn't work.

To me, football is so much about mental toughness, it's digging deep, it's doing whatever you need to do to help a team win and that comes in a lot of shapes and forms.

You can't go out and practice average on Wednesday, average on Thursday, okay on Friday and then expect to play well on Sunday.

I've had just about everything punched. I've had things grabbed that just shouldn't be grapped.

I'm an emotional person. Sometimes I can't help it.

Football is unconditional love.

I think I have a certain respect for people, you know. And I guess a lot of times I expect that respect to go both ways.

Football is a contact sport and there's a lot that goes into it. But I have committed myself for a long time to doing it, and because I love doing it so much I want to make that commitment.

Man, wear your seat belts. That's all I can tell everybody. You never know.

My personal feelings are my personal feelings. I don't want to express them with anyone except for a very few people. It doesn't do any good. It really doesn't.

Some of the best motivation in life is trying to impress a girl.

Why do I have three Super Bowl rings and still think there's something greater out there for me? I mean, maybe a lot of people would say, 'Hey man, this is what is.' I reached my goal, my dream, my life. I think, 'God, it's got to be more than this.' I mean this isn't, this can't be what it's all cracked up to be ... I love playing football and I love being quarterback for this team. But at the same time, I think there are a lot of other parts about me that I'm trying to find.

What strikes me most about Best Buddies International is the simplicity and magnitude of the mission. Friendship is a simple idea.

I think you can just go out and try to be the best you can be, deal with people with respect, with honesty, with integrity, have a high moral standard. I've always really tried to exemplify that as an athlete. I'll continue to try to do that.

I'm pretty chirpy. I can talk a little too much smack.

That taught me how to work harder. I learned all about mental toughness on the practice field. If things weren't working out for me in high school, in college, early in my pro career, my solution was always to work harder and internalize. That way, whenever I got an opportunity, I was always prepared. See, there are a lot of guys who are all talk. They say they want to work harder and be the best, but they never pay the price. I love paying the price.

I could talk food all day. I love good food.

When I'm out on the football field, I have so much confidence in what I'm doing.

I'm much more comfortable and confident running out on the field in front of 70,000 people instead of standing in front of a camera trying to say some lines. The people who do that as a profession are very talented because it's certainly not easy.

I have no knowledge of anything

I like to have fun all the time, even if I'm working.

I approach every week the same. I think I've always tried to be very professional to how I approach the game, my preparation. Every game is important.

It's easy when you have receivers that are open all the time and an offensive line that never lets anyone touch you. It makes it fun to play.

My job is to evaluate the field, pick the guy that I think is most open and make a good throw.

A guy like Malcolm who makes that type of quick, instinctive plays, that's one of his strong suits. I don't think it surprised any of us players because that's what his skill set is.

I didn't alter the footballs in any way

So many guys are so conservative with their hair, and I always joke with all my buddies when they mess with me, and I'll say, 'That's right, keep the same haircut for ten years.' How fun is that?

I feel like I have always played within the rules. I would never break the rules.

Matt Damon is a great actor, and he's from Boston, so we've got a few things in common. I've seen him throw a football, though. He definitely needs to work on that.

To me, if you're trying to impress a girl, get a date, they're gonna like that more because you're a confident guy. That's what it comes down to.

We all have experiences in our lives that change us, and we all learn from people, like my dad, but at the end of the day, it's only us. And we're only responsible to make ourselves happy.

Nothing surprises me anymore in the NFL.

I think it's a feeling like I've got it all figured out. There's nothing that can shock me anymore. There's nothing I haven't anticipated; so at that point, there is a calmness.

Athletes are always talking about money at a time when everyone else is struggling so badly to make it. We all make way more than our fair share. And I just think it reflects poorly on myself and my teammates. I really do just want to win, and that has and will continue to be the reason that motivates me and is the biggest factor in my decision-making process.

Maybe some people can wake up and play PlayStation all day, but that's never been me.

I think any man who lets a woman pick what he should wear ... I mean, you gotta draw the line somewhere as a man. I see these guys, 'My wife told me to wear this!' And I just shake my head.

My sisters like cooking at my place. It has a bit more room, and the food tastes a little bit better. A big pot of spaghetti and sauce, some warm French bread - works all the time. I think I've been eating pasta for 26 years.

Life is not living in the suburbs with a white picket fence. That's not life. Somehow our American culture has made it out that that's what life needs to be - and that if it's not that, it's all screwed up. It's not.

Whenever I see Michael Jordan I'm still blown away because he was such a hero of mine growing up.

I'm not squeezing the balls. That's not part of my process.

WIth football you can have up to 28 guys you consider starters, and if they can pick up the slack when some aren't playing so well, you don't have to turn those two game losing streaks into six-game losing streaks.

As a part of the NFL, things change every year.

If I have something to say, I want it to be meaningful.

My wife and I are very affectionate.

If you waste your time and energy on things that don't matter in the outcome of the game, then when you get to the game you're not going to give your teammates the best that you have to offer.

Butler's interception comes off as a great play, which it really was, at the biggest time of the year.

If you're a quarterback, you want everything on your shoulders. You want to be the one to make the decisions.

When you have two busy kids running around the house, returning e-mails is a task, let alone surfing the web.

If someone lies, well, you had a choice to trust that person or not. I think the way my father raised me, well, he trusted everybody. And that worked for him.

I have a memory, and I can just eliminate mistakes when they come up because I've already made them.

Sometimes, getting up in the morning and brushing your teeth is the hardest part of the day - it all just hurts.

I play a complicated position in an intensely team-oriented game.

I don't want to wake up and be bored. That's probably my greatest fear is to have nothing to do. What better job is there than to play quarterback for an NFL team, and certainly one that I've been on for a long time and had success with? I don't plan on giving it up any time soon.

I'm never going to be fast, and nobody will ever mistake me for being fast.

Fortunately for a quarterback, you can play for a long time because you don't get hit very often.

I see so many guys, really athletic guys, wearing pleats and I just shake my head. Like, Tiger Woods used to wear pleated pants! I'm like, 'C'mon, Tiger!'

A lot of people didn't get to see Butler's skills throughout the course of the season.

There are times when you throw an interception and you're beating yourself up.

If I feel anxious every time someone is staring at me, well, I can't control what they stare at, but my reaction is, I'm just not going to go outside the house. I'm going to stay in and chill. And when I do go out, I understand what comes along with that.

The only thing I ever wanted to be was a professional football player.

When you lose, talk little. When you win, talk less.

I don't care about three years ago - I don't care about two years ago. I don't care about last year. The only thing I care about is this week.