110+ Tom Brady Quotes On Hard Work, Practice And Losing

Tom Brady is an American football player who currently plays for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He is a six-time Super Bowl champion and a four-time Super Bowl MVP. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Tom Brady on hard work, practice, losing.

Top 10 Tom Brady Quotes

1. I think sometimes in life the biggest challenges end up being the best things that happen in your life.
2. 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.
3. A guy like Malcolm who makes that type of quick, instinctive plays, that's one of his strong suits. I don't think it surprised any of us players because that's what his skill set is.
4. A lot of people didn't get to see Butler's skills throughout the course of the season.
5. Butler's interception comes off as a great play, which it really was, at the biggest time of the year.
6. It's an incredible play, and not only that, that's the type of plays Malcolm makes for our team.
7. I'd love to give Malcolm the truck. We're going to figure out how to make that happen.
8. You can't go out and practice average on Wednesday, average on Thursday, okay on Friday and then expect to play well on Sunday.
9. Sometimes some of the toughest things you deal with end up being the best things because you realize the people that you can rely on, that love you and support you through it.
10. If you don't play to win don't play at all.

Tom Brady Short Quotes

• I'm not squeezing the balls. That's not part of my process.
• My job is to evaluate the field, pick the guy that I think is most open and make a good throw.
• Everyone is dealing with something. This is life; this is not just a piece of cake.
• I'm an emotional person. Sometimes I can't help it.
• Some of the best motivation in life is trying to impress a girl.
• I'm pretty chirpy. I can talk a little too much smack.
• Everyone does things differently on offense. Everyone's goal is to score points.
• Nothing surprises me anymore in the NFL.
• I think a lot of things that are the norm, that are very systematic, don't work.
• It's an offseason. These days are valuable for everybody.

Tom Brady Quotes About Losing

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

Losing sucks, and especially to the Jets. — Tom Brady

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

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

When you lose, talk little. When you win, talk less. — Tom Brady

Tom Brady Quotes About Winning

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

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

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. — Tom Brady

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

Tom Brady Quotes About Play

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

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. — Tom Brady

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

Fortunately for a quarterback, you can play for a long time because you don't get hit very often. — Tom Brady

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

I feel like I've always played within the rules. I would never do anything to break the rules. I believe in fair play. — Tom Brady

I have hobbies. I like being active. I like to surf a lot, play a little bit of golf. — Tom Brady

Maybe some people can wake up and play PlayStation all day, but that's never been me. — Tom Brady

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. — Tom Brady

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

Tom Brady Quotes About People

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

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

There's a lot of people who don't like Tom Brady and I'm OK with that. — Tom Brady

I'm much more comfortable and confident running out on the field in front of 70,000 people instead of standing in front of a camera trying to say some lines. The people who do that as a profession are very talented because it's certainly not easy. — Tom Brady

I was the kid that was the 199th pick that never had the body for it. People didn't think I'd play one year in the NFL, and now I'm going on my 17th year. — Tom Brady

My personal feelings are my personal feelings. I don't want to express them with anyone except for a very few people. It doesn't do any good. It really doesn't. — Tom Brady

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

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. — 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. — Tom Brady

I don't put any thought into the footballs after I choose them. When you're out there playing in front of 70,000 people, like a home crowd, you don't think about it. You're just reacting to the game. — Tom Brady

Tom Brady Quotes About Love

I could talk food all day. I love good food. — Tom Brady

Football is unconditional love. — Tom Brady

Football is a contact sport and there's a lot that goes into it. But I have committed myself for a long time to doing it, and because I love doing it so much I want to make that commitment. — Tom Brady

In Boston, they love their sports celebrities. And it's great. — Tom Brady

As an athlete, when you are on that field and the fans get really engaged and you can feel their energy and passion and true love of the game, it is absolutely a spiritual experience. — Tom Brady

I love Serena [Williams]. Seeing what Serena's done in her field has been incredible. — Tom Brady

I love playing football. I love playing for the Patriots. — Tom Brady

But when Gronk scores - it was like his eighth touchdown of the year - he spikes the ball and he deflates the ball. I love that, because I like the deflated ball. But I feel bad for that football, because he puts everything he can into those spikes. — Tom Brady

There's not much time to unwind, but you know what, it's because I love what I do. I look forward to the season. I look forward to playing games. It doesn't ever feel like work. — Tom Brady

I would love to encourage all my teammates to eat the best way they possibly can. High school athletes. Now, that's not the way our food system in America is set up. It's very different. They have a food pyramid, and I disagree with that. I disagree with a lot of things that people tell you to do. — Tom Brady

Tom Brady Quotes About Team

I don't really care how the Patriots are perceived, truthfully. I really don't. I really don't. Look, if you're a fan of our team, you root for us, you believe in our team, and you believe in what we're trying to accomplish. If you're not a fan of us, you have a different opinion. — Tom Brady

When you're one of the leaders of the team, there are no days off. — Tom Brady

Everyone is different. Everyone has different teams they've played on, coaches they've played for. — Tom Brady

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

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. — Tom Brady

You can't score if you're turning it over. It's like a punt. If you go out and you punt 12 times, you're not scoring points. That's not good. So, when you turn the ball over and throw interceptions, you're giving the other team more opportunities and your team less opportunities. — Tom Brady

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. — Tom Brady

I just love working hard. I love being part of a team; I love working toward a common goal. — Tom Brady

Is it going to make me feel any better to make an extra million? That million might be more important to the team. — Tom Brady

Tom Brady Quotes About Wear

Man, wear your seat belts. That's all I can tell everybody. You never know. — Tom Brady

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

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

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. — Tom Brady

My wife doesn't let anyone wear shoes in our house, so we have a bench, and under the bench is all UGGs slippers. — Tom Brady

It's a representation of yourself, and you can express a lot of your creativity with what your wearing. — Tom Brady

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. — Tom Brady

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

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. — Tom Brady

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. — Tom Brady

Tom Brady Famous Quotes And Sayings

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 thing I care about is this week. — Tom Brady

When you hang with a bunch of 300-pound linemen, you tend to find the places that are the greasiest and serve the most food. — Tom Brady

I think it's a feeling like I've got it all figured out. There's nothing that can shock me anymore. There's nothing I haven't anticipated; so at that point, there is a calmness. — Tom Brady

As athletes, we think we're heroes, but when you witness firsthand what I saw yesterday, you realize who the real heroes are. — Tom Brady

You put all the other stuff aside and go out and do your job, and mine is to be the best I can be for my teammates. — Tom Brady

On the field, you come into sync with your teammates and coaches and together you achieve something that you could never do on your own. — Tom Brady

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. — Tom Brady

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

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

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

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. — Tom Brady

If you're a quarterback, you want everything on your shoulders. You want to be the one to make the decisions. — Tom Brady

When you have two busy kids running around the house, returning e-mails is a task, let alone surfing the web. — Tom Brady

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

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

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

I think I've been fortunate over the years to be at a point in my career where I really get to choose the partnerships that I really want to take on and they're a perfect fit. — Tom Brady

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? — Tom Brady

Sometimes, getting up in the morning and brishing your teath is the hardest part of the day - it all just hurts. — Tom Brady

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? — Tom Brady

Mentally, the only players who survive in the pros are the ones able to manage all their responsibilities. Everybody struggles in different ways. — Tom Brady

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

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

I think hygiene is so important. — Tom Brady

Derek Jeter is one who played for such a long time, and David Ortiz in Boston is doing it right now. — Tom Brady

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

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. — Tom Brady

I don't think a lot of people know personally who I am. — Tom Brady

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. — Tom Brady

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

Proper sleep has helped me get to where I am today as an athlete, and it is something that I continue to rely on every day. — Tom Brady

I'd be that James Bond character from the Beautyrest commercial that we did. Maybe some day. — Tom Brady

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

Sleep is all about recovering. So if you're not sleeping, you're not recovering. And if you're going to break your body down a lot, you better find ways to build it back up. And the only way to do that is get a lot of sleep. So for me, I go to bed at like 8:30, 9:00. As soon as I put my kids to bed. Because I'm up at 5:30 the next day. — Tom Brady

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. — Tom Brady

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. — Tom Brady

Whenever I see Michael Jordan I'm still blown away because he was such a hero of mine growing up. — Tom Brady

I got a few Mrs. Bradys in my life. — Tom Brady

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. — Tom Brady

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. — Tom Brady

I've had a lot of ridiculous haircuts. — Tom Brady

I always try to do as much as I can do. I'm never a person that does not enough, because I'd regret not doing enough and think I probably could have done more. I probably go too far and have to reel myself back in, which works in some things, and other things it doesn't work. — Tom Brady

What strikes me most about Best Buddies International is the simplicity and magnitude of the mission. Friendship is a simple idea. — Tom Brady

It's amazing, the culture Coach Belichick has been able to create in our system. — Tom Brady

It's easy when you have receivers that are open all the time and an offensive line that never lets anyone touch you. It makes it fun to play. — Tom Brady

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

I dress for the occasion. I like Tom Ford for more formal, especially his suits, and I wear a lot of Under Armour for my athletic gear. I also love Rag & Bone. — Tom Brady

I have no knowledge of anything. — Tom Brady

Athletes are always talking about money at a time when everyone else is struggling so badly to make it. We all make way more than our fair share. And I just think it reflects poorly on myself and my teammates. I really do just want to win, and that has and will continue to be the reason that motivates me and is the biggest factor in my decision-making process. — Tom Brady

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

The only thing I really like doing during the week is getting ready to play the game. — Tom Brady

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. — Tom Brady

I didn't alter the footballs in any way — Tom Brady

Life Lessons by Tom Brady

1. Tom Brady has shown that hard work and dedication can lead to success, no matter the odds.
2. He has also demonstrated that it is important to stay humble and never give up, even when faced with adversity.
3. Finally, Brady has shown that it is possible to achieve greatness through teamwork and collaboration with others.