Top 210 Quotes & Sayings by Tom Brady - Page 3

I don't believe you could be a 39-year-old quarterback in the NFL and eat cheeseburgers every day. I want to be able to do what I love to do for a long time.

I don't go to bed at 1 A.M. and wake up at 5 A.M. and say, 'Let's see if I can get this done today.'

Everyone is different. Everyone has different teams they've played on, coaches they've played for.

You can't score if you're turning it over. It's like a punt. If you go out and you punt 12 times, you're not scoring points. That's not good. So, when you turn the ball over and throw interceptions, you're giving the other team more opportunities and your team less opportunities.

I think there are things that are based in your own dealings with someone that is a personal dealing, not a public dealing. Because you have personal experiences.

Coaching wouldn't be for me. No, certainly not.

I'd be so bored if I wasn't going out there, knowing that I could still do it. So, I'm going to work hard to be ready to go, and I still plan on playing for a long time.

I think a lot of things that are the norm, that are very systematic, don't work.

I don't think anything about a personal legacy. I mean, those words would never come out of my mouth unless I just repeated them. Those things have never been important to me.

You look at another team's style and how they do it, and you just want to understand how they're doing it and see if you can learn something and maybe implement it into what your team does.

Believe me, I'm much easier to be around when we win than when we lose.

To score points, you need a lot of consistent effort over the course of the game. If you're throwing it or running it in, it's not a big difference in terms of the score at all, obviously. But turnovers limit your scoring. That's the problem with turnovers.

There have been so many great players that I've played with, that I've played against over the years.

Proper sleep has helped me get to where I am today as an athlete, and it is something that I continue to rely on every day.

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.

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.

I have no knowledge of anything.

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

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

The only thing I really like doing during the week is getting ready to play the game.

I knew I became a professional when I stop paying attention to what time it was.

You don't like to see your guys take the field without you because it makes you feel like, man, maybe they really don't need me out there, which is kind of humbling.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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 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.

As an athlete, when you are on that field and the fans get really engaged and you can feel their energy and passion and true love of the game, it is absolutely a spiritual experience.

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

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.

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.

I like skiing and surfing with kids. They are the cutest little skiers out there, in their little outfits. I just want to eat 'em up!

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.

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

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'd be that James Bond character from the Beautyrest commercial that we did. Maybe some day.

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.

I don't think there's a lot of carry-over from year to year. I don't think anybody cares what you did the year before.

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

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.

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

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

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.

Everyone is dealing with something. This is life; this is not just a piece of cake.

I don't know what I believe. I think there's a belief system, I'm just not sure what it is.

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

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.

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.

It's great to learn more about sports I'm probably less familiar with - stock car racing, rodeo, e-sports - and realize that a lot of the people at the center of those sports bring the same level of passion, commitment and disciple that I try to with football. Sports is a way of life for billions of people around the planet.

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

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

I can't do anything with what's happened in the past. I have to just go forward with the most awareness I can going forward and trying to be the best I can be for our team.

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