Seven-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady sparkled and spoke about his parents and provided great advice to young people who would like to follow in his footsteps one day.
Fox's NFL lead analyst appeared in “Fox & Friends,” and recalled the moment against the Atlanta Falcons before Super Bowl Li when his father, Tom Sr., said he was his hero. Brady was emotional when he spoke to reporters before the game, and he said on Friday that his father was helping his mother, Garin, to undergo breast cancer treatment at the time. I've explained it.
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“I was very blessed to have moms and dads who support athletic and career journeys at every stage of the road, and we had a great foundation for family and commitment, and for each other's support,” Brady said. said. “My mother was fighting breast cancer back then and my father was supporting my mother through her treatment, and it was a very challenging time for our family.
“And I'm thinking about my father and the commitment he gave to her, my sisters, myself, his grandchildren. And he is the best guy I've ever known. , I still feel that way. I'm proud of him for everything I do. And like you did with my father, I mean what he taught me. And I can try to be such a father for my children.”
Brady set a high bar for himself to clear throughout his career. He wasn't the best player to go to college from high school, and was far from the best college football quarterback when he was in Michigan.
In the NFL, he didn't have much professional expectations in his sixth draft pick, as he started as a backup to Patriot quarterback Drew Bledsoe. The Montreal Expo picked him in the MLB draft, so if he wanted to, he could even become a baseball player.
He said that he never wavered in his commitment to being the best, and that he never wavered either of his parents. It was the belief system they instilled in him that helped him to believe in himself.
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“I was like a normal American kid who wanted to grow up and pursue my dreams, and my parents thought they could achieve when they wanted to go to Michigan. I never eased my expectations.” “They didn't think, 'Yeah, that might be too difficult for you. You should probably choose a school where you can play early and play freshmen.” I always believed I could do that, and my parents have always said you could definitely do it.
“I was one of the slowest players in the NFL combine when drafted by the New England Patriots. And my mother, you're honey, you're so fast., I couldn't, I could. You said you were very biased towards your son. “But the reality is, I think Plan B was never for me. I didn't have to deal with it. And they supported me. I think I did.
“And because I need to believe in myself, I need to believe in myself. You say that when we try to do something very difficult, you're not going to be difficult, because they're difficult, so you're not going to be able to believe in yourself. You will fail as you learn a lot about you, and you can apply future things to achieve what you want, you will gain a lot of self-esteem and a lot of confidence.
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“I felt that trying to do things outside of my comfort zone would be the best thing in my life, and that the parents who supported me when I failed. Having was the biggest blessing of my life.”
“Fox & Friends” co-host Brian Kilmeade asked if some of Brady's success on the field had a chip on his shoulder, as it was his sixth pick in 2000.
Brady said, “Absolutely.”
“I want to overcome these challenges and adversities that I had, whether in high school or college. “I didn't study through high school or college because a lot of people were the best athletes. I've learned a lot by failing what I've learned. So, like your work ethic, like your work ethic, these sustainable qualities you have as an athlete, your determination Like competitiveness, they are what people call the prominent thing because we can measure physical fitness, speed, or anything important, but in the end it's between 23- Not sustainable – a career of 2018.”
Brady lamented what top high school and university athletes are experiencing now with the advent of transfer portals and names, images and portraits.
“And we see what we do to college and high school students, and we make them very easy. Let's go from college and high school, transformative experiences to trading experiences.” He said. “And you're always trying to turn yourself into a little more, a little better version of yourself. But when you make it easier for yourself, you're ultimately hurting yourself. Don't challenge yourself to go outside your comfort zone.
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“And if you're out of your comfort zone, you're like, 'Oh, I'm alone, and I have people who support me, how can I understand this? “And to understand that is to dig a little deeper within yourself, develop a better work ethic, be a little more disciplined about what you're doing, and be determined to achieve it every day you If you cheat on it, in the end you will deceive yourself and you will never achieve your goals, you will have your plan B settled down in your entire life. ”
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