Quotes from Tom Brady

In sports you often become part of something greater than yourself.

I think so highly of people who love their sport and make a really strong commitment to it.

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

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

For people who may think they know, or have snippets of who I am, you can attack that person. That's part of being a public figure.

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

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

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

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 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.

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

I'm a pretty good winner. I'm a terrible loser. And I rub it in pretty good when I win.

The only thing I ever wanted to be was a professional football player.

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 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'm just glad I play for Coach Belichick.

I don't think the ebbs and flows - get in great shape and then get out of shape and then see if you can get back into shape - is a good thing. So I prefer to keep my arm always ready to go.

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.

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.

Butler's interception comes off as a great play, which it really was, at the biggest time of the year.

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

I got a few Mrs. Bradys in my life.

This is really a dream come true. To be the starting quarterback in the Super Bowl is probably the highlight of my life.

I'm not a very creative person, you know? I'm not really an art person. I'm not a great reader or writer or artist or musician.