Tom Brady Quotes

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

I would never do anything outside of the rules of play.

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.

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.

Too often in life, something happens and we blame other people for us not being happy or satisfied or fulfilled. So the point is, we all have choices, and we make the choice to accept people or situations or to not accept situations.

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

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

It's an incredible play, and not only that, that's the type of plays Malcolm makes for our team.

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

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

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.

If you don't play to win don't play at all.

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 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.

The true competitors, though, are the ones who always play to win.

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.

A lot of times I find that people who are blessed with the most talent don't ever develop that attitude, and the ones who aren't blessed in that way are the most competitive and have the biggest heart.

I have no knowledge of anything.

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.

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

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.

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

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 athletes, we think we're heroes, but when you witness firsthand what I saw yesterday, you realize who the real heroes are.

You put all the other stuff aside and go out and do your job, and mine is to be the best I can be for my teammates.

My job is to play quarterback, and I'm going to do that the best way I know how, because I owe that to my teammates regardless of who is out there on the field with me.

I'm not a person who defends myself very often. I kind of let my actions speak for me.

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.

On the field, you come into sync with your teammates and coaches and together you achieve something that you could never do on your own.

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

I've always been privileged to play for Coach Belichick, who I've always said is the best coach in the history of the league.

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.

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.

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

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

The only thing I really like doing during the week is getting ready to play the 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 knew I became a professional when I stop paying attention to what time it was.

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.

Everyone is dealing with something. This is life; this is not just a piece of cake. You expect that when your teammates are doing their jobs, so you got to compartmentalize and do your job.

My mom was a great tennis player, and I remember being six or seven years old watching Steffi Graf and Monica Seles in Wimbledon in my house. I've always been a tennis fan.

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.

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.

Football is unconditional love.

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.

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

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

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