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. Tom Brady More Quotes by Tom Brady More Quotes From Tom Brady The only thing I ever wanted to be was a professional football player. Tom Brady football-player player football In sports you often become part of something greater than yourself. Tom Brady greater sports I play a complicated position in an intensely team-oriented game. Tom Brady team games football Everybody has an opinion. I think everybody has the right to believe whatever they want. I don't ever cast judgment on someone's belief system. Tom Brady want believe thinking 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. Tom Brady passion football sports 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. Tom Brady games football sports 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. Tom Brady team trying past There's a lot of people who don't like Tom Brady and I'm OK with that. Tom Brady brady toms people 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. Tom Brady honesty athlete integrity 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. Tom Brady people way thinking Everyone is dealing with something. This is life; this is not just a piece of cake. Tom Brady cake pieces I've had just about everything punched. I've had things grabbed that just shouldn't be grapped. Tom Brady sports 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!' Tom Brady woods athletic guy 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. Tom Brady adversity responsibility life 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 guy girl trying 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. Tom Brady guy play long 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 teammate play jobs 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. Tom Brady mom player years I have a memory, and I can just eliminate mistakes when they come up because I've already made them. Tom Brady come-up mistake memories 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. Tom Brady energy games giving
