200+ Best Tom Brady Quotes on Success, Greatness & Winning

Here is an ultimate collection of the best Tom Brady quotes to inspire and motivate you.

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Tom Brady quotes about being the best

Here are some amazing quotes to be the best player from former American football quarterback Tom Brady.

“I think sometimes in life the biggest challenges end up being the best things that happen in your life.” – Tom Brady

“That taught me how to work harder. I learned all about mental toughness on the practice field. If things weren’t working out for me in high school, in college, early in my pro career, my solution was always to work harder and internalize. That way, whenever I got an opportunity, I was always prepared. 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. I love paying the price.” – Tom Brady

“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

“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

“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

“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

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Tom Brady inspirational quotes about greatness

Here are some awesome quotes from former American football quarterback Tom Brady on the road to greatness.

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

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

“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

Tom Brady motivational quotes

Here are some motivational quotes from former American football quarterback Tom Brady.

“If you want to perform at the highest level, then you have to prepare at the highest level.” – Tom Brady

“When you’re one of the leaders of the team, there are no days off.” – Tom Brady

“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. I love paying the price.” – Tom Brady

“You wanna know which ring is my favorite? The next one.” – Tom Brady

“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.” – Tom Brady

“I am not a person that’s self satisfied just being out there. I want to go out there and play great.” – 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

“I look forward to the season. I look forward to playing games. It doesn’t ever feel like work.” – Tom Brady

Tom Brady quotes about dynasty

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

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

“I think the great part about what I do is that 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

”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

“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

Tom Brady inspirational quotes about success

“Things don’t correct themselves, you’ve got to go out there and work hard to correct them.” – Tom Brady

“All I do is work out. Oh my God! Half my life is spent in a gym somewhere, sweating.” – 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

“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

“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

“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

“It’s never come easy for me. I don’t think my mind allows me to rest ever. I have, I think, a chip on my shoulder, and some deep scars that I don’t think were healed.” – Tom Brady

“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

“If you don’t believe in yourself why is anyone else going to believe in you?” – Tom Brady

Phenomenal Tom Brady quotes

“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

“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 or who is out there on the field with me.” – Tom Brady

“I didn’t come this far to only come this far, so we’ve still got further to go.” – Tom Brady

“Maybe some people can wake up and play playstation all day, but that’s never been me.” – 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

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

“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

“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

“Nothing surprises me anymore in the NFL.” – 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

“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

“Football is unconditional love.” – 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

“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’m an emotional person. Sometimes I can’t help it.” – Tom Brady

“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

“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

“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

“I have a memory, and I can just eliminate mistakes when they come up because I’ve already made them.” – Tom Brady

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

Tom Brady Quotes About Coaches

“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

“You go through high school and college the same way: never listening to your coaches because you’re the best. But when you get to the pros, all that stops because everybody there has talent.” – 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

Tom Brady quotes about commitment

Here are some quotes from American football quarterback Tom Brady about commitment.

“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

“I think so highly of people who love their sport and make a really strong commitment to it.” – Tom Brady

Tom Brady quotes about football

Here are some amazing quotes from American football quarterback Tom Brady about his sport.

“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

“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

“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

“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

“If you’re a quarterback, you want everything on your shoulders. You want to be the one to make the decisions.” – Tom Brady

“I didn’t alter the footballs in any way.” – 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

“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

“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

“You don’t like to see your guys take the field without you because it makes you feel like, man, maybe they really don’t need me out there, which is kind of humbling.” – Tom Brady

“I hope I have a lot more football left.” – Tom Brady

“I love playing football. I love playing for the Patriots.” – Tom Brady

“Matt Damon is a great actor, and he’s from Boston, so we’ve got a few things in common. I’ve seen him throw a football, though. He definitely needs to work on that.” – Tom Brady

Funny Tom Brady quotes

Here are some inspiring quotes about fun from American football quarterback Tom Brady.

“I like to have fun all the time, even if I’m working.” – 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

“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

Tom Brady quotes about giving

Here are some inspiring quotes about giving from American football quarterback Tom Brady.

“I’d love to give Malcolm the truck. We’re going to figure out how to make that happen.” – 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

Tom Brady quotes about family

Here are some inspiring quotes about home from American football quarterback 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

“When you have two busy kids running around the house, returning e-mails is a task, let alone surfing the web.” – 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

Tom Brady quotes about preparation

Here are some motivating quotes about practice from American football quarterback Tom Brady

“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

“I think I’ve always tried to be very professional to how I approach the game, my preparation. Every game is important.” – Tom Brady

“I approach every week the same. I think I’ve always tried to be very professional to how I approach the game, my preparation. Every game is important.” – Tom Brady

Tom Brady quotes about sports

Here are some motivational quotes about sports from American football quarterback 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

“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

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

“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

“In sports you often become part of something greater than yourself.” – Tom Brady

Tom Brady quotes about teamwork

Here are some motivating quotes about team from American football quarterback Tom Brady

“It’s an incredible play, and not only that, that’s the type of plays Malcolm makes for our team.” – Tom Brady

“Why do I have three Super Bowl rings and still think there’s something greater out there for me? I mean, maybe a lot of people would say, ‘Hey man, this is what is.’ I reached my goal, my dream, my life. I think, ‘God, it’s got to be more than this.’ I mean this isn’t, this can’t be what it’s all cracked up to be. I love playing football and I love being quarterback for this team. But at the same time, I think there are a lot of other parts about me that I’m trying to find.” – 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

“I play a complicated position in an intensely team-oriented game.” – Tom Brady

Tom Brady quotes about winning

Here are some inspiring quotes about winning from American football quarterback 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

“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.” – Tom Brady

“You have to believe in the 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

“If you don’t play to win, don’t play at all.” – Tom Brady

“When you lose, talk little. When you win, talk less.” – 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

Inspirational Tom Brady Quotes

Here are some inspiring quotes from American football quarterback Tom Brady.

“I would never do anything outside of the rules of play.” – Tom Brady

“You push your body to the limits, but you have to train your body to deal with the limits.” – Tom Brady

“When I’m out on the football field, I have so much confidence in what I’m doing.” – Tom Brady

“In Boston, they love their sports celebrities. And it’s great.” – Tom Brady

FAQs | Motivational Tom Brady quotes

Here are some frequently asked questions about Tom Brady quotes.

Who is Tom Brady?

Tom Brady is a former American professional football player who is widely regarded as one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time. He has won multiple Super Bowl championships and MVP awards throughout his career, primarily with the New England Patriots and later with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Brady is known for his exceptional leadership, longevity, and clutch performances in critical moments.

What is Tom Brady famous for?

Tom Brady is famous for his illustrious career as a professional American football quarterback. He is widely recognized for his remarkable success, having won a record seven Super Bowl championships and earning five Super Bowl MVP awards.

Brady is celebrated for his leadership, longevity, and ability to perform at a high level under pressure, solidifying his status as one of the greatest quarterbacks in NFL history.

What was a famous Tom Brady quote?

One famous Tom Brady quote is:

“I didn’t come this far to only come this far, so we’ve still got further to go.”

This quote reflects Brady’s relentless drive for success and his determination to keep pushing forward despite challenges or setbacks.

What are 3 fun facts about Tom Brady?

Here are 3 fun facts about Tom Brady you need to know:

1. Late Draft Pick: Tom Brady was the 199th overall pick in the sixth round of the 2000 NFL Draft, making his rise to one of the greatest quarterbacks in NFL history particularly remarkable.

2. Super Bowl Records: Brady holds numerous Super Bowl records, including most wins as a player, most Super Bowl MVP awards, and being the oldest quarterback to win a Super Bowl.

3. Athletic Family: Tom Brady’s family is full of athletes. His wife, Gisele Bündchen, is a former supermodel who is also passionate about fitness, and his sister Julie married former Boston Red Sox player Kevin Youkilis.

What are Tom Brady’s top 10 rules for success?

Tom Brady, through his illustrious NFL career and lifestyle, has demonstrated key principles for achieving success.

While he hasn’t explicitly listed “10 rules for success,” his actions, interviews, and the “TB12 Method” provide insight into his approach:

1. Hard work: Brady is known for his incredible work ethic, both during the season and off-season, showcasing the importance of dedication to craft.

2. Discipline: His strict diet, exercise regimen, and lifestyle choices reflect his discipline in maintaining peak physical and mental condition.

3. Continuous Improvement: Brady emphasizes the need to always seek improvement, never settling for current achievements.

4. Mental toughness: He highlights the importance of mental strength, staying focused and positive, especially under pressure.

5. Preparation: Brady prepares meticulously for games, studying playbooks and opponents extensively to gain a competitive edge.

6. Leadership: As a team leader, he demonstrates commitment, inspires confidence, and encourages teamwork among his teammates.

7. Adaptability: Over his career, Brady has adapted his playing style to fit his evolving physical abilities and the strengths of his team.

8. Long-term vision: He sets long-term goals, planning his career and life beyond football with foresight and strategy.

9. Balance: Brady stresses the importance of balancing professional commitments with personal life, ensuring time for family, rest, and recovery.

10. Giving Back: Off the field, he engages in philanthropic efforts, using his platform to contribute positively to society.

These rules show Tom Brady’s way to success. He mixes hard work, discipline, and mental strength with a balanced life. This approach helps him achieve his goals.