Top 88 Tom Brady Quotes

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 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.

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.

When I’m out on the football field, I have so much confidence in what I’m doing.

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 don’t think a lot of people know personally who I am.

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.

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

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.

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.

I’ve been so blessed to play for the greatest coach at a time when our organization has done incredible things. I’ve played with the best teammates. Playing for Mr. Kraft and what his influence on the team has been.

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 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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Who’s my hero? That’s a great question… Well, I think my dad is my hero, because he’s someone I look up to every day.

I’ve had just about everything punched. I’ve had things grabbed that just shouldn’t be grapped.

Football is unconditional love.

Every man should know, if you’re comfortable and you like it, you should do it. Everyone always worries about what the girls think, what the guys think. If you like it, do it.

You’re not going to see my sense of humor on the football field. That’s not a place for me to joke around.

I’m never going to be fast, and nobody will ever mistake me for being fast.

Because my career is so important, I think I make a lot of – I wouldn’t call them sacrifices, but just concessions for my job. I love what I do, and I want to do it for a long time.

You never get over losses. I’ve never gotten over one loss I’ve had in my career. They always stick with me.

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.

The last person I have ever criticized is an official. They have a tough job to do. Things are happening so quick.

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!’

There are times when you throw an interception and you’re beating yourself up.

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 think any man who lets a woman pick what he should wear… I mean, you gotta draw the line somewhere as a man. I see these guys, ‘My wife told me to wear this!’ And I just shake my head.

I really focus on my jeans and sweaters for them to fit really well. There was a time that wasn’t the case.

As a part of the NFL, things change every year.

During the season, most of my time to unwind is in my car ride home. When I get home, it’s being with my kids.

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

In Boston, they love their sports celebrities. And it’s great.

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.

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

Nothing surprises me anymore in the NFL.

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.

The biggest issue is muscle pliability. That’s what I think the biggest secret to me is. What is muscle pliability? Muscle pliability is keeping your muscles long and soft.

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 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.’

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.

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.

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.

I think hygiene is so important.

I think style is being so comfortable and confident in what you’re wearing. That’s what style is, ’cause everybody’s got different style.

I firmly believe that sleep and recovery are critical aspects of an effective and holistic training program.

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.

It’s amazing, the culture Coach Belichick has been able to create in our system.

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.

I’m attracted to women who are smart and funny and ambitious and have lives of their own and great families. Isn’t that what attracts anyone?

Maybe some people can wake up and play PlayStation all day, but that’s never been me.

I like Tom Ford a lot because it’s so classic and has great quality. I wear a lot of Rag & Bone.

I have more suits than days of the year that I get to wear them.

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

I think my style is probably more of a classic look.

I play a complicated position in an intensely team-oriented game.

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

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 try to encourage all my teammates, and I sure hope that some day all athletes – my kids, high school kids – get the same level of care I get. Because you can play for a long period of time without having knee replacements, without having all the major head trauma that people are dealing with.

I think, in politics, half the people are gonna like you, and half the people are not gonna like you, no matter what you do or what you say… It’s like there are no right answers. If there were, everyone would choose the right answers. They’re all opinions.

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

There’s nothing more comfortable or leisurely than having a pair of Ugg slippers on in the house.

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.

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.