The Super Bowl champion, seven times, Tom Brady spoke brilliantly about his parents and provided excellent advice to young people who hope to follow his traces one day.
The main analyst of the Fox NFL appeared on “Fox & Friends” and recalled for a moment before the Super Bowl Li against the Falcons of Atlanta when he mentioned that his father, Tom Sr., was his hero. Brady was emotional when he spoke to journalists before this match, and he explained on Friday that his father helped his mother, Galynn, to go through breast cancer treatments at the time.
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“I was lucky to have a mother and a father who supported my sports and career journey at each stage of the process, and, I had an excellent base on the family and the commitment, the support For the others, “said Brady. “At the time, my mother was fighting against breast cancer, and my father was there to support my mother through her treatments. And it was a very difficult period for our family.
“And I just think of my father and the commitment he has made to him, my sisters, myself, his grandchildren. And, he is the biggest man I have ever known .
Brady, throughout his career, has established a high bar to get rid of. He was not the best player that went from high school to college and was far from being the best quarter of university football when he was in Michigan.
In the NFL, it was a choice of draft sixth round with very few professional expectations when it started as a safeguard of the quarterrier of the Patriots Drew Bledsoe. He may have become a baseball player if he wanted it, because the Montreal exhibitions selected him in the MLB draft.
As he never had to vacillate in his commitment to be the best, he said that his parents had never hesitated either. It was the belief system that they instilled in him who helped him believe in him.
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“I was like a normal American child who wanted to grow and chase my dreams. And I would say that my parents, they never tempered my expectations for what I thought I could accomplish when I wanted to go to Michigan,” he said. “They did not think:” Oh, it could be too difficult for you. You should probably choose a school where you may play earlier, play a first-year student. “I always had this conviction that I could do it, and my parents said all the time, you could do it, absolutely.
“I was one of the slowest players in the NFL combination when I was drafted by the New England Patriots. And my mom, you say, darling, you are so fast. You go there on this ground and you can run. And certainly, I know I couldn’t. “But I think reality is that there has never been a plan B for me. I never had to face it. And I think they supported me.
“And I have to believe in myself, because you need people to believe in you, even when you don’t always have the most self -confidence. And if you are surrounded by people who love you, who are there for You when you fail.
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“I just felt that trying things that were outside my comfort zone ended up being the best things in my life. And having parents who supported me when I failed was the biggest blessing in my life. “
The co-host of “Fox & Friends”, Brian Kilmeade, asked if part of Brady’s success on the field was to have the chip on his shoulder to be a sixth round choice in 2000.
Brady said “absolutely”.
“I want to overcome these challenges and adversities that I had, whether in high school and college, allowed me to be the professional athlete I was,” he said. “I learned a lot by failing that many guys have not learned in high school and college because they were the best athletes. So, these lasting qualities that you have as an athlete, like your work ethics, like your discipline, like your determination and your competitiveness, these are what people would call in tangibles, because we can go measure the strength or Physical speed or everything that is important, but ultimately, they are not durable during a 23- Year career. “”
Brady deplored what high school and college athletes now live with the advent of the transfer portal and name, image and resemblance.
“And I look at what we do to college students and high school students, and we make them so easy for them. Now, if you don’t like where you are, go elsewhere where you can play, and that is going to be, Let’s say, college or high school, a transformational experience into a transactional experience, “he said. “And you always try to transform yourself into something a little more, into a slightly better version of yourself. But when you make your job easier, at the end, you do a bad service, because you do not Do not want to get out of your comfort zone.
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“And if you get out of your comfort zone, you will realize like:” Oh guy, I’m a bit alone, but I have people who support me, but how can I understand this? “And a part of this understanding is to dig a little deeper into you and develop a better work ethics, to be a little more disciplined in what you do and to be more determined to accomplish it every day. If you are mistaken, at the end, you are wrong and you never reach your goals, you will be satisfied with your plan B in your whole life.
