Tom Brady is the legendary American football quarterback who has led his teammates to 10 super bowl appearances. Having spent 20 seasons with the New England Patriots, he led to nine seperate super championships, and upon joining the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, he’s already led them to a super bowl victory as well. Which goes to show, that Tom Brady is a force to be reckoned with. To drive that point home, he also holds the record for the most games won by a quarterback, most combined passing yards, most touchdowns passes, most 4th quarter comebacks, and the most NFL championships. And it is because of these great achievements, and the many other unmentioned accomplishments, that most would agree that he is the greatest football player of all times.
So, in honor of this legend of the gridiron, we are showcasing the very best Tom Brady quotes to help you peer into the mind of absolute greatness. May his words inspire you to unleash the Tom Brady that we all have residing inside of us.
INSPIRING TOM BRADY QUOTES ON SUCCESS
1. “You wanna know which ring is my favorite? The next one.”- Tom Brady
2.“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
3. “If you want to perform at the highest level, then you have to prepare at the highest level.” – Tom Brady
4. “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
5. “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
6. “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
7. “I’m not a person who defends myself very often. I kind of let my actions speak for me.” – Tom Brady
8. “Maybe some people can wake up and play playstation all day, but that’s never been me.” – Tom Brady
9.“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.”– Tom Brady
10. “If you don’t play to win, don’t play at all.” – Tom Brady
11. “The only thing I ever wanted to be was a professional football player.” – Tom Brady
12. “If I have something to say, I want it to be meaningful.” – Tom Brady
13. “If you don’t believe in yourself why is anyone else going to believe in you?” – Tom Brady
14. “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
15. “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.” – Tom Brady
16. “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
17. “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.” – Tom Brady
18. “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
Notable Tom Brady Leadership Quotes and Sayings
Here are a handful of notable Tom Brady quotes that convey his leadership, and encouraging words of wisdom on and off the playing field.
19. “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
20. “Things don’t correct themselves, you’ve got to go out there and work hard to correct them.” – Tom Brady
21. “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
22. “You can’t go out and practice average on Wednesday, average on Thursday, okay on Friday and then expect to play well on Sunday.” – Tom Brady
23. “I am not a person that’s self-satisfied just being out there. I want to go out there and play great.” – Tom Brady
24. “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
25. “There’s a lot of people who don’t like Tom Brady, and I am okay with that.” – Tom Brady
26. “See, there are a lot of guys who are all talk. They say they want to work harder and be the best, but they never pay the price.” – Tom Brady
27. “I would never do anything outside of the rules of play.” – Tom Brady
28. “You push your body to the limits, but you have to train your body to deal with the limits.” – Tom Brady
29. “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.” – Tom Brady
30. “I’ve always been the underdog.” – Tom Brady
31. “The only thing I really like doing during the week is getting ready to play the game.” – Tom Brady
32. “A lot of people don’t believe in you. It’s obvious by now, six other quarterbacks taken and 198 other picks. And I always thought ‘you know what, once I get my shot, I’m gonna be ready. I’m gonna really take advantage of that.” – Tom Brady
33. “When you’re one of the leaders of the team, there are no days off.” – Tom Brady
34. “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
35. “I don’t think there’s a lot of carry-over from year to year. I don’t think anybody cares what you did the year before.” – Tom Brady
36. “I think sometimes in life the biggest challenges end up being the best things that happen in your life.” – Tom Brady
Inspirational Tom Brady Quotes on Winning and How to Win
This next batch of Tom Brady quotes on hard work and what it takes to win, provides encouraging words that allow us to observe and peer into the mindset of this champions winning ways.
37. “Some of the best motivation in life is trying to impress a girl.” – Tom Brady
38. “I knew I became a professional when I stopped paying attention to what time it was.” – Tom Brady
39. “I like to have fun all the time, even if I am working.” – Tom Brady
40. “When you lose, talk little. When you win, talk less.” – Tom Brady
41. “If you’re lucky, you’ll have family, team mates, coaches, and trainers along the way who will help you when you lose faith in yourself.” – Tom Brady
42. “To anyone who feels left out or is afraid of trying their best for fear of failure, you’re not alone. The magic you’re looking for is in the will of trying and not giving up.” – Tom Brady
43. “To anyone who is struggling early in the morning or late at night in pursuit of your dream, struggles that many will never see, and to any leaders out there, who believe in someone who does not yet believe in themselves, keep going. Keep going, because WILL always finds a WAY.” – Tom Brady
44. “Religion and sports are very similar. And the spiritual part of where your body goes through the process as well. And you trust, you put faith in the team, you believe in certain things to be true, and there’s where you know, where you put your faith.” – Tom Brady
45. “I didn’t come in with the opportunity to play right away. I had to earn it.” – Tom Brady
46. “When I play football, I appreciate it. I am nowhere else, I am in the present.” – Tom Brady
47. “To me, what separates really good players from great players; execute well under pressure.” – Tom Brady
48. “As long as you believe in what you are doing and you’re doing things you love to do, then you can go out there and be the best at it.” – Tom Brady
49. “It’s not really a chip on my shoulder, it’s just that feeling that….”man, maybe nobody wants ya”. When I watch myself play a times, I still don’t think I am very good. [I think] “man you’re still not very fast, you know you got a decent arm, you know you made some pretty bad reads on that day.” [But] that’s what gets me up and motivates me.” – Tom Brady
50. “Winners focus on winning. Losers focus on winners.” – Tom Brady
51. “I would bring a level of competitiveness to practice for myself because if I didn’t play well, I didn’t think I would be playing on the weekend.” – Tom Brady
52. “I always want to feel like I am the best quarter back for this team. I want to earn it every single day.” – Tom Brady
53. “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 things I care about is this week.” – Tom Brady
54. “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
55. “I just love working hard. I love being part of a team; I love working toward a common goal.” – Tom Brady
56. “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
57. “Who’s my hero? All Right. It’s a great question. Well, I think my dad is my hero, because he is someone that I look up to everyday…. my dad.” – Tom Brady
58. “Football is just an amazing sport that challenges your mental and physical toughness on a daily basis.” – Tom Brady
59. “I’ve always said this, if the coach puts me in, I am never coming off the field. If he gives me that shot, I am not coming off the field. And to this day, outside of an injury, I haven’t every come off the field.” – Tom Brady
60. “Your life will be what you make of it.” – Tom Brady
61. “When guys get there opportunity, they got to go take advantage of it.” – Tom Brady
62. “Every person that doubted me, every person who said I couldn’t do it, you know…thank you! That was great motivation for me.” – Tom Brady
63. “I always try to do as much as I can do.” – Tom Brady
64. “We as athletes want to be successful and we want to surround ourselves with other successful people. We don’t want to play and lose, we want to play and win.” – Tom Brady
65. “I’m a pretty good winner. I’m a terrible loser. And I rub it in pretty good when I win.” – Tom Brady
66. “I think the great part about what I do is there’s a scoreboard. At the end of every week, you know how you did. You know how well you prepared. You know whether you executed your game plan. There’s a tangible score.” – Tom Brady
67. “Football is unconditional love.” – Tom Brady
68. “You guys know how many times I have been turned down in my life? To be told how many times that I couldn’t accomplish something?”
69. “I am pretty tough on myself. I don’t make excuses, I don’t blame others, but I want to find a solution.” – Tom Brady
70. “Criticizing without a solution is just essentially complaining.” – Tom Brady
71. “Don’t rely on others. You’ll have great support from a lot of people, still. But, no one’s going to hand you anything.” – Tom Brady
72. “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.” – Tom Brady
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Bonus Tom Brady Quote
Bonus: This is one of our favorite Tom Brady quotes, which is why we’ve included it as a bonus. We believe it holds the secret to wining and finding success in just about every aspect of life. Enjoy!
“Stay hungry, stay humble” – Tom Brady
Final Thoughts
There you have it friend, the very best Tom Brady quotes on success. May they help you realize that greatness isn’t loud, obnoxious, and in your face. But rather something that is actually attainable, and something that is available for the taking for those who want it bad enough and who are willing to do what it takes.
So, keep pushing for your breakthrough. And if you’re serious about unleashing your inner legend, stay focused, stay hungry, and most importantly, stay humble.
Till next time,
STRIVE
PS – If you enjoyed these Tom Brady quotes on winning, hard work, and success, then you’ll love this Tom Brady Success Story.
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