Top 210 Quotes & Sayings by Tom Brady

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American footballer Tom Brady.
Last updated on December 23, 2024.
Tom Brady

Thomas Edward Patrick Brady Jr. is an American football quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). He spent his first 20 seasons with the New England Patriots, where he was a central contributor to the franchise's dynasty from 2001 to 2019. Brady is widely regarded as the greatest quarterback of all time.

Fortunately for a quarterback, you can play for a long time because you don't get hit very often.
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 think the great part about what I do is that there's a scoreboard. At the end of every week, you know how you did. You know how well you prepared. You know whether you executed your game plan. There's a tangible score.
I've never eaten a strawberry in my life. I have no desire to do that. — © Tom Brady
I've never eaten a strawberry in my life. I have no desire to do that.
Nothing surprises me anymore in the NFL.
You have to believe in your process. You have to believe in the things that you are doing to help the team win. I think you have to take the good with the bad.
If you like it you should enjoy it! Moderation in everything. If there's things you really love, you should enjoy. You get one life, so you should enjoy it.
I'm a pretty good winner. I'm a terrible loser. And I rub it in pretty good when I win.
In Boston, they love their sports celebrities. And it's great.
I don't want to get into it, but if you know someone, it doesn't mean you agree with everything they say or they do.
Every action has a consequence. It may be good for strengthening. And I have no doubt that lifting a lot of weights can get you stronger. I just don't know if lifting stronger weights can keep you healthy, or it can keep you doing your job better, especially for a pro athlete.
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 am excited to partner with Under Armour to bring game-changing sleepwear, with the same bioceramics technology I use, to athletes all around the world.
I was the kid that was the 199th pick that never had the body for it. People didn't think I'd play one year in the NFL, and now I'm going on my 17th year.
When you're one of the leaders of the team, there are no days off.
I try to not eat as much sugar, but it's so hard in our American diet to do that... It's hard to completely avoid. — © Tom Brady
I try to not eat as much sugar, but it's so hard in our American diet to do that... It's hard to completely avoid.
I think my style is probably more of a classic look.
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.
I started wearing Ugg when I was, like, 13 or 14, in high school, and my mom got me a pair for Christmas one year.
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 like playing. I wouldn't be a good coach. I don't have the patience to be a coach.
Maybe some people can wake up and play PlayStation all day, but that's never been me.
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.
As you get older, you have more responsibilities; you have more commitments, more events, kids, you're married now. You still have all the things that you've had, plus you just keep adding.
There's nothing more comfortable or leisurely than having a pair of Ugg slippers on in the house.
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.
It's a representation of yourself, and you can express a lot of your creativity with what your wearing.
There's not much time to unwind, but you know what, it's because I love what I do. I look forward to the season. I look forward to playing games. It doesn't ever feel like 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.
I firmly believe that sleep and recovery are critical aspects of an effective and holistic training program.
I don't think any country is perfect. It's our responsibility to do the best we can do to change the things we don't like. I think that's part of social responsibility, and everybody is going to do that in their own way.
You never get over losses. I've never gotten over one loss I've had in my career. They always stick with me.
I have a memory, and I can just eliminate mistakes when they come up because I've already made them.
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.
It's a real strength for me that I've never minded the training process. It's something I enjoy. I really like being in the gym or, certainly, on the field.
I don't even know what the issues are. I haven't paid attention to politics in a long time. It's actually not something that I really even enjoy. It's way off my radar.
I really love training and being in good shape, and it's so much a part of my life now, so it never really feels like work to me.
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.
I think that at the start of a game, you're always playing to win, and then maybe if you're ahead late in the game, you start playing not to lose. The true competitors, though, are the ones who always play to win.
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.
It's an offseason. These days are valuable for everybody. — © Tom Brady
It's an offseason. These days are valuable for everybody.
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.
I think I've really stepped outside the box in the way I try to train, eat, hydrate, the cognitive brain games I play on a daily or weekly basis to try to build up some durability within my body, within my brain, to be able to go out there and play at a high level at age 38.
The true competitors, though, are the ones who always play to win.
I could talk food all day. I love good food.
I just love working hard. I love being part of a team; I love working toward a common goal.
Sometimes, getting up in the morning and brushing your teeth is the hardest part of the day - it all just hurts.
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.
When I'm out on the football field, I have so much confidence in what I'm doing.
Sleep is all about recovering. So if you're not sleeping, you're not recovering. And if you're going to break your body down a lot, you better find ways to build it back up. And the only way to do that is get a lot of sleep. So for me, I go to bed at like 8:30, 9:00. As soon as I put my kids to bed. Because I'm up at 5:30 the next day.
I don't want to say anything negative about anybody or anything or anybody's political beliefs. I've never done that. I've never tried to get involved in those things.
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? — © Tom Brady
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?
Men always want and love when women wear tight and fitted clothing, right? And you're like, 'Wow, she looks so beautiful.' And then you have men who dress like slobs, and you're like, 'What's the deal with these big and baggy suits.' It's pretty ridiculous.
I have hobbies. I like being active. I like to surf a lot, play a little bit of golf.
If I have something to say, I want it to be meaningful.
Football is unconditional love.
I'm not a person who defends myself very often. I kind of let my actions speak for me.
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.
Man, wear your seat belts. That's all I can tell everybody. You never know.
I think hygiene is so important.
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