Tom Brady
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.Collection: Respect
I like playing. I wouldn't be a good coach. I don't have the patience to be a coach.Collection: Patience
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.Collection: Attitude
I could talk food all day. I love good food.Collection: Food
I started wearing Ugg when I was, like, 13 or 14, in high school, and my mom got me a pair for Christmas one year.Collection: Christmas
Sometimes, getting up in the morning and brushing your teeth is the hardest part of the day - it all just hurts.Collection: Morning
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.Collection: Hope
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.Collection: Diet
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.Collection: Dad
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.Collection: Good
You're not going to see my sense of humor on the football field. That's not a place for me to joke around.Collection: Humor
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?Collection: Funny
Football is unconditional love.Collection: Love
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?Collection: Travel
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.
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.
Man, wear your seat belts. That's all I can tell everybody. You never know.
I've had just about everything punched. I've had things grabbed that just shouldn't be grapped.
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.
I play a complicated position in an intensely team-oriented game.
I have a memory, and I can just eliminate mistakes when they come up because I've already made them.
When you have two busy kids running around the house, returning e-mails is a task, let alone surfing the web.
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.
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.
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'm an emotional person. Sometimes I can't help it.
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.
My wife and I are very affectionate.
If someone lies, well, you had a choice to trust that person or not. I think the way my father raised me, well, he trusted everybody. And that worked for him.
If I feel anxious every time someone is staring at me, well, I can't control what they stare at, but my reaction is, I'm just not going to go outside the house. I'm going to stay in and chill. And when I do go out, I understand what comes along with that.
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.
Fortunately for a quarterback, you can play for a long time because you don't get hit very often.
As a part of the NFL, things change every year.
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.
All parents are concerned about their children's well-being. As a parent of three kids, I'm very concerned about their well-being.
The only thing I ever wanted to be was a professional football player.
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!'
So many guys are so conservative with their hair, and I always joke with all my buddies when they mess with me, and I'll say, 'That's right, keep the same haircut for ten years.' How fun is that?
I'm never going to be fast, and nobody will ever mistake me for being fast.
In Boston, they love their sports celebrities. And it's great.
I think the running game is very important to every offense. Being balanced is extremely important. There's times where you have to throw the ball. You could be down late in the game, you need to come back; you have to be able to pass it when they know you're passing it.
If you're a quarterback, you want everything on your shoulders. You want to be the one to make the decisions.
Every action has a consequence. It may be good for strengthening. And I have no doubt that lifting a lot of weights can get you stronger. I just don't know if lifting stronger weights can keep you healthy, or it can keep you doing your job better, especially for a pro athlete.
It's an offseason. These days are valuable for everybody.
My wife doesn't let anyone wear shoes in our house, so we have a bench, and under the bench is all UGGs slippers.
I have more suits than days of the year that I get to wear them.
I'm a pretty casual dresser. At home, it's probably whatever is functional to relax in, whether it's a pair of sweats or a pair of jeans.
I've never eaten a strawberry in my life. I have no desire to do that.
The last person I have ever criticized is an official. They have a tough job to do. Things are happening so quick.
It's amazing, the culture Coach Belichick has been able to create in our system.