Posted on 02/01/2022 11:25:56 AM PST by Kaslin
I’ve spent exactly 25 seconds in the company of Tom Brady, during a grip-and-grin moment at a Tony Robbins event. He and his then Patriots teammate and receiver Julian Edelman were posing for photos with gobsmacked attendees. My twin 14-year-old sons and I were waiting our turn.
When we stepped up for the photo, Brady unconsciously put his arm around the shoulders of one of my sons. To me, the gesture spoke volumes about who Tom Brady really is.
A lot of fans despise Brady, perhaps because he’s so successful, and in our society, we love to tear down those who excel. Some fans of other teams hold grudges against Brady because he beat them again and again. Others see him as a cheater and a fraud (witness Spygate and Deflategate).
I’m not going to relitigate those issues; I will say that most people with real knowledge of the Patriots’ two "scandals" agree that Brady had nothing to do with either.
To me, Brady is a well-raised individual who holds himself and those around him to higher standards than most of us would ever hold ourselves. His success is a function of those high standards, not just good genes or good coaching or good looks or good luck. Tom Brady is simply better at football than most of us are at whatever we do, because he expects more of himself than anyone else might.
The Brady myth centers on his keeping a chip on his shoulder because it took so long for him to become a starter at Michigan and because he was drafted 199th, in the sixth round.
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Gladiator
Tuck
Not far from where I live here in Maine, there is an assisted living facility called Seacoast Village.
Some years back, when Tom Brady was still with the Patriots, there was a 100 year old woman living in that facility who was a big Patriots fan.
Somehow, Tom Brady learned of this woman and he sent her a large box of Patriot memorabilia, much of it signed by Tom Brady himself.
“GOAT”
It cannot be denied.
Raiders fan?
LOL....No.....First thing that came to mind. Just a senseless post. Just wanted to join in..
I like him. One of my favorites ever.
“DEFLATEGATE”
AFC Championship Game January 18, 2015.
After halftime, when the balls were checked and supposedly deflated, they brought out “officially inflated balls” for the 2nd half of that Colt’s game. NE then scored 28 unanswered points with Brady throwing for 2 touchdowns.
The balls had nothing to do with anything, only idiots think that.
AFC: New England Patriots 45, Indianapolis Colts 7
Jerk.
No. Need to mention other baby mama.
Brady’s first NFL pass.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g67T9YrniVc
Yes, I confess the only reason I posted it was because of the score. Hey, when you’re a Lions fan, you take what you can get.
proof of chip on shoulder...???? His goodbye NFL tweets..no mention of the people he spent most of his career with..and only after being shamed by the public did he make a post about it on Instagram
Notasrichassupermodelwife
One word.
Overrated. *ducks*
Untrue. Said all the time, but not true.
Did people hate Brett Favre so much? Joe Montana? Even John Elway.
Or are you saying this era all top QBs are hated? So Roethlisberger, Rodgers, Luck, and the great Peyton Manning…all hated.
Nah. I don’t see the hatred for them so much. Maybe from arch rival teams, but not overall.
I still don’t fully understand why people hate or despise Tom Brady. He’s got a smokin wife, a wonderful family he’s good looking, he worked his way up through the ranks to be the most successful QB in NFL history and he seems to be a genuinely nice guy. Yet a lot of people seem envious and malicious towards him. I get the envy but the malice I don’t get. Why?
We have a word for that quality: “Command Presence.”————semper fi
“Brady is a well-raised individual who holds himself and those around him to higher standards than most of us would ever hold ourselves. “
So... he knocks up actress Bridget Moynahan ... and he does the right thing and marries her, right? Wrong, because, well, you know, Gisele Bundchen is available and interested, so screw doing the right thing.
Tom Brady is one of the greatest football players ever, but let’s not pretend that he’s some kind of model of good character.
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