Thomas Edward Patrick Brady Jr. is an American football quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League. He spent the first 20 seasons of his career with the New England Patriots, where he was a core contributor of the franchise’s dynasty from 2001 to 2019.
Inspirational Tom Brady Quotes:
1. “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.” Tom Brady
2. “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.” Tom Brady
3. “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.” Tom Brady
4. “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.” Tom Brady
5. “You want to know which ring is my favorite? The next one.” Tom Brady
6. “I didn’t come this far too only come this far, so we’ve still got further to go.” Tom Brady
7. “If you don’t believe in yourself why is anyone else going to believe in you?” Tom Brady
8. “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.” Tom Brady
9. “Maybe some people can wake up and play PlayStation all day, but that’s never been me.” Tom Brady
10. “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.” Tom Brady
11. “I’m a pretty good winner. I’m a terrible loser. And I rub it in pretty good when I win.” Tom Brady
12. “I’m not a person who defends myself very often. I kind of let my actions speak for me.” Tom Brady
13. “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.” Tom Brady
14. “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.” Tom Brady
15. “I’m never going to be fast, and nobody will ever mistake me for being fast.” Tom Brady
16. “Nothing surprises me anymore in the NFL.” Tom Brady
17. “The only thing I ever wanted to be was a professional football player.” Tom Brady
18. “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
19. “When I’m out on the football field, I have so much confidence in what I’m doing.” Tom Brady
20. “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.” Tom Brady
21. “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.” Tom Brady
22. “I’m not really concerned with portraying this tough warrior I mean, that’s part of my job and I take that very seriously. But I don’t have anything to hide, and I’m not concerned with what people think.” Tom Brady
23. “You push your body to the limited but you have to train your body to deal with the limits.” Tom Brady
24. “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 things I care about is this week.” Tom Brady
25. “If you don’t play to win, don’t play at all.” Tom Brady