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Tom Brady on Deflategate, his hectic offseason and the start of the regular season 9-8-15

Sep 8, 2015|

Tom Brady discussed his crazy offseason and his return to the field.

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Our conversation with Tom Brady is brought to buy a house lubricate her digital federal credit union what can DC UC view northeast electrical distributors and your New England a lack. Dealers. Joins us on the AT&T hotline good morning Tom Brady how are you. Margaret are our country. I agree with your dad an addiction. You Richard dad who says Roger Goodell is a flaming liar. Well hello my dad and I look you don't like it. Protective father accurately that would that would. Three kids now. It is you know pretty emotional also. You know he's been a great support my entire life and I'm sure it hard for him to my mom for. They're one of my camera and you know just like it then you know for me so. And Kurt Warner involved it's just been a tough you know challenge certain months. You know I think it'll be pretty exciting to run up their campers to keep. Particularly pretty excited to. Did you ever get very angry in the U seven and a half months I know we didn't see it but did you get angry behind the closed doors. I had you know what there's a lot of different emotions and I went through in Mosul. You know a different point. In different circumstances I think. They were all disparate narcotic technically coming actually obviously different adversity in my life different challenges. And you just kind of glad those experiences and you rely on a lot of people that are around you its ports so. It's and they have. You know this is that a different type of challenge in my life and has been a different type of obstacle to overcome. Put and I think. You know sometimes I'm like you think. But the hardest. And you know that the hard times and electorate really think that you are on the most. And I'm not so sometimes you wonder if you go through hard times and those are really bad. If they're going to be about things and I think that things are probably shaped who I am in the you know what I believe them myself from my character is so sort of depend. Are the harder things have gone through my location not. Necessarily winning games Serb. You know things that you might have been you know a party enjoyed mineralization that it probably. You know piano back up quarterback problem on opening fresh and she probably you know being in this other quarterback on the depth chart. You know barely being drafted had to fight you know Riviera. Pro players to do for quarterback on the roster this year. I think of the exit probably reflect on the big. You know how are you gonna know develop. These kind of personal character traits that you know might. You know probably the men and you actually you rely on those experiences were the things that you can go forward and I'm sure this won't be the last. Experienced similar case in my life it. You know that's challenging them through the different things in so many ways that's been so fortunate so many. Years in incredible success professionally. You know personally and in in my personal life and my family life. You know I just a bit of very last person Carolyn. Tom I have to say that I would I think I would react more like Tom Brady senior than Tom Brady do you matter that I would have your heard I would have that list in my top draw. And I would have name high and that would have every name on there and I would check Kamal one at a time people were out to get chew people turned on new. How can you just turn the other cheek that you must have some vengeance in your heart. Well I think it'd come. I think there's definitely moments where you're vulnerable to certain things but I also speak. I wrote a pretty cool book about. Nine years ago that cut is kind of wrote mantra in my life. Armed and one that matters in the book is is don't take things personal. And I'm good at a lot and it's not a argued it's you know how others feel about. Themselves and not. And that's certainly about you know me personally I don't particular don't think that a lot of people know personally who may be no. What they pick and maybe you're what they see you know on the TV screen and in on the exposed. Publicly to them but I you know my own personal thoughts my I don't know how the interaction I have with people. Closest to me and my family my friends and so forth. And I think those put people on the best and down coaches. In a corporate for people may think they know order snippets of those who are eclectic you know look you can attack dog person. And I think that's just part of being a public figure and I've been in that hurt innocent go to a pretty high profile car college you know twenty years ago. You are. In a way. You get held to a different standard and if you don't like it and you don't you don't choose to do something else but if that's what you gonna choose that you've got to be open. You know the things that come along with it and you know complain at all and things don't go your way because like ice at a Dutch public have gone. You know hands and the arms. You know you just reflect on those flexible expert to them when they're not positive views got his motivation for. He's a human to try to accomplish all the forward so Umar motivation as a football player who's. It's it's. You know per kilometer and you know there's always call I think you see in the late at a place. But also use it Ernie that you can't promote patient tried to reach higher level of performance for the. Pump both of us are paying attention know why all of this happened there was the colts. Relationship in the ravens and there was cancel. And and it's pretty clear to anybody who has done a little bit of research why this happened. Do you believe talk it was they set up by the league to get the New England Patriots and Tom Brady by extension. Well you know Don I got. I've had a little bit the other day but I know I've got a lot of feelings personal feelings. About this and acting. You know to get into every conversation that everybody wants to have been you know the way I had a lot of these conversations with different people were seven and you know you get kind of brought back in those emotions and those haven't been the best the most and in certain they certainly don't Serbia's. Go to quarterback in the and the patriots this week and yes I got to try to put whatever feelings I have. Aside and try to go onto my doctors don't look at more Carnoustie and think about things that happen. You know more takes away. You know what what I'm trying to experience I don't wanna have these conversations you know every five minutes we they're pretty personal but I seat for the first time to tell me. You know what happened what they are happen when I saw it happen because. You know it's you know today it just takes away from you know what it should be in this and exciting type from the gene Kirk ever want news you know. Put a lot of time for several months to get ready to go to training camp creek unions and you know. I'm always open you know our I want to go out there on the field and and improve and that's always been the place where I've been able to go up there in Canada. In Russia people. How I feel about what. You know about any circumstance in my life stricter brought there and do my job that's where I know I possibly can. You know my guess is in the past you've been pretty cooperative with the ESPN during the week and with NFL network during the week. With CBS during the week to go with ESPN now given what they've done over the last few months. Is it safe to say you might not be as cooperative in the future you know when it comes to town this week Mike you treat them differently than you did before why don't I mean his would you. I think that. I think that's probably pretty natural you know to adapt I don't know exactly. You know how all approach. You know what vote in each week on. You know a lot of it for me especially this offseason has been very try to conserve my energy and press that possibly can because. You know you deal with things that are are. You know that are pretty pretty mentally tiring out I wouldn't say physically tiring Brett you know what look you're still trying to get ready social. You know there are worked out and so forth and then you know you got to feel that few of our top that you or your normal light switches. And those things are challenging the Celso. You know I'll I'll need to conserve some energy this year there's a doubt. You know it's a long and anyway Britain for more teams and I do. The non. Patriot related. You know really helped. Other people you're right those things take a weight problem. You know the energy that I have to do the thing I'm so. You know or tried to tried you know got built and obligations for different people different on the part of social all of them like a lot of requests. You know things that maybe public or private an and I just try to make the decisions based on how the week is there. Brit part of total mall so. I hope Lucent see how goes this year. Chris mortenson wants at lunch tomorrow you're available. And Eric. Look I look so I think it's very talented draft Herbert or you're one of the triple. Into a very tough. Any regrets you know Kestler mentioned the the sedate they did over again to be more cooperative. The cellphone may be easy example and regrets over the process over the last six or seven months via dual redo it over. No I don't. Are. That's that's that's present tough questions and record that I look pretty personal so. Yeah I just. I'm sorry that whatever happened has taken the focus away even from what we've accomplished last year so I think that's. You know it's certainly very joyous offseason. You know and and I'm sure work for a lot of people and that's certainly what should be at different times so. You know. And since some those single pretty personal. Dollars or any way to determine how this distraction how these seven and a half months. Have lessened your ability to get ready for a third tonight you have any way of measuring that any way of feeling that anyway knowing that. You know that thing about the policy or you can that you done things a certain way and what are the lightweight and cute. Covered all the bases and and you get up in the east you know there's a scoreboard and account and you get to see rematch at every week so we'll see what kind of preparation we had our. You know I'm very confident in what we've done offensively. You know throughout coach you can drop. Appreciate and although not appreciate names weren't exactly. I want Kabul stellar performances that hopefully we grew up it is we can put it all together groups. He goes to open so he got a lot of there's a lot of exciting you there's a lot of you know built up a motion is going to be obvious celebration for the game. Console which are. Well we'll see how it all shakes out and it's it's a long season a are verse six communities and you know you try to put everything Kendrick each week and man and went vacuum and you move on to the next week well. Well you were wrapped I think like it. If you do you learn lessons from the past like last season I think it's not you know or exaggerate you know any one game ball one lost one read about it a lot of it is true. Continue to work in practice to develop you develop different. Facet of the in every year's different you know different strengths and weaknesses and you're trying to go up there and establish a level performance so. I'd love to be able to start a lot faster than we did last year. But that's going to be the term but I got to go up there and Brownfield a significant Merck you know a level. I mean just one you're here for two global leader MVP of that Super Bowl by most accounts. You know the best quarterback ever and then the offseason has spent trying to take you down. In the big picture just seemed kind of bizarre the NBA wouldn't do that to LeBron you know MLB wouldn't do that to Mike Trout you have those moments we said. Why is Cadel wise the league widely doing this to me. I think there's there's definitely that you know different moment. Where he got a lot of different things so armed. You know it's it's. There it definitely challenge soldiers are leaving the the asserted. They go elaborate later. At a later on but it you know bringing a championship for her seat and start at all because really the time I think it's best to focus my energy and you know my teammates energy and a pin number tactic and so. Do you want to Chomsky and McNally back with the patriots would you like me back to an employee with the patriots. Of course I think that. In our of course that's no not until my decisions that I feel terrible record but do they were. You know they've been put through what they're scrambling to put through I know what market almost a direct and what happens well. In effect registered terrible that they're not what party. It's on your thoughts about the fact that Robert and Jonathan said they were going to raise the championship the Super Bowl banner. Without you in the building without you there and it had things gone the way differently in the way they weigh your thoughts on that. Well they've been you know look third they've been like family to me further first sixteen years so they get. They've always been protective of our fellow senior and you know I was very flattering and that I I was somewhere that enough. I'm happy that that's not the case I'm happy that you know I get definitely keep that. If they've provided me with so much support you're not only this year but you know being a lot of things that ought to personally in the past. Arm you know that nobody would be aware of and I think they've. Another family's been incredible to meet him passionately and you're not proud to represent thirteen organization or different week. Trying you know as. Both on and off the field is very representative. Eric ambler this resolve problems or pedestrians. The kind of support that we universe eighty you know you know and and we take it seriously about it that's part of playing. In Boston in. And we know that kind of support that we get and and you know we've had. But pretty unbelievable run. And it's hard to kind of really reflect on that at this point to increase. Of fifteen years but all the great games all the great weight of but it will accomplish. It comes with a lot of support certainly from the ownership of our team and car. Well I'd love mister Kraft Jonathan. What they've provided me an opportunity to have. You know to play for this team for as long as I have been Allison all the coaches hear him into an election may have been incredible supporter in my current. So a lot of ground you'd have to cancel them. Oh was stumbling out strong. Pope choke. That was my course. And what was I view it probably due I I thought I got I got I got a guy I finally got their reports out there. Paula there by some people who think they they might be from your your side corner. That you have been willing to take a a game suspension with without acknowledging that the world report you know was correct. Is that true we would the dirt negotiation process was that I'll take one game unifil says three games I mean what was the what was that process in full detail please. Well there was a lot of you know I think there was a lot of arm negotiation back and forth we had five separate settlement conferences are what the week. Armed. To try to avoid. You know what happened at this point which is you know that it continues so. And I think at different points there was a lot of different things that came up so. They are advised not to talk about those things so it was actually you know be advice and not a problem on. What I wanna real quick you bet you sat you sat with wells for five or six hours. It's not you're basically the entirety of divorce to quote in the world report where in the wealth report as much as you'll. In a perfect world would you like to see that full transcript released so everybody could read what was said back and forth between you balls a day. Yeah I'm sure a lot of those things we're we're in. Cheering before commissioner Goodell the rails so I think I was determined to run all the same stuff and you know I try to do in the best interest are up because it. To get this did you get the sense there was an independent investigator talkies that they. It what you would be talking about media but it's always gonna do one for Osama must Som and yet got albeit racial. You do know who who was you know on your side who was on the other side are you aware that like who who turned on you like and to keep asking that question because that I'd be assessment of the value. And did you find out who your friends are. I did my best to try to avoid you know. With communion the different data they were I watched a watched a lot of European chocolate got to watch a lot of GPU directly or sports or. I'm here European truck was probably good outlook for regret. I didn't you know not coincidentally kept you know like acting bit. There's probably. You know I got a lot of support from a lot of people are probably know me and then you'll look at. I think there's probably not a lot portable although the people. You know probably our conference and not just the way it goes and we here at exit when the parliament. They're public sector when you're part of it. Scene that's been as successful thus look with I don't have a lot of fans outside if you are area and what knowing what is in Canada. I wouldn't expect the jets and instant front I would expect the bills tend to root for us and dolphin fan and I've expect those guys to ridiculous so. You know that's probably Palestinian and your support and you know we a lot of people who felt so ultimately. You know best. You know our best defense lord who are out there and and win as much as we can't and that's what we're trying to do. So my guess there has to be at DMZ type question here asked before we say goodbye on several occasions in this interview and political. Much of my rare hypothetical. You you mentioned your family and the blessings of your wife and her kids I'm sure you've heard reports that have been flying back and forth. About your relationship or Gisele would you like to take this opportunity to address that. It is sort of a form that I hello yeah I I it's it's up to you up at four import ides. We give our unit is the address and if you if you so choose. Level yeah well we're definitely a great place on this beta I had a great. You know I'm a lucky men have been very blessed. With support from my family and certainly hurt and you know there's no bigger support that I have and heard him and I first so she's. A they're very blessed to Libya. Have an incredible relationship. With you know my blood sport and them. And help propagate Edward Norton. Good there was 11 guy was probably even a bigger supporter and LB Donald Trump and by. We here. One of those hats make America great again hats was in your locker you wanna take this. Opportunity to throw his support behind the trump. Already he's done it he's done it to New York a case he's. I've known him for since 2002 right judged one of his beauty pageant. Imagine that I was a judge. I would miss USA. But this USA pageant in 2002. Our motive for a long time and you know we always do they call a call in different attitude motivational speeches that are so. Our bodies for a for president because you have to give it to articulate a couple weeks ago so it done. In my locker where you are voting performed love that you will flow. I don't know I don't know. Am I gonna vote for that's a good question. And did tell party endorsed themselves exited. Not that it's either break you honestly either good friend and we had a lot of your term on the golf course you get early years are not as much recently set our course. You know in my younger days are would have more. Time that like it's been doing those types of things before they were kids we spent a lot of time gulf and other so forcible. I mean it pretty amazingly they look opposite. Her earlier that television story and now. Brent for political office so I think it's pretty people who can. Who can do those types of things in transition and the difference. You know our regional and still you know have that type of appeal and carrier agreed on a secure to a lot of people so. And you know a lot of fun Michael foot. We see where you were to keep that courtroom sketches and above the bed where where is. Expect that I know you don't she came over to me and she said can you sign it earned a little taken you know off guard publicity this like an official. You know we're quite shouldn't have been in a courtroom we're seeing. Did you sign examiner that did it sounded pretty yeah you know it got a lot of it certainly got a lot of runs so. Hopefully she sold Newton. You know if you books from. It John do you believe in karma. Armed. I do the reason I ask that is in your gonna hate me for asking this question as well you wrote a very very generous checked the Jimmy Fund about three and a half weeks ago. I found it somehow related to karma. That you were not asked or required or demanded to write a dime of it checked the National Football League and Roger Goodell I think that's karma would you. Well not entirely related but I you know I'm I was happy you have a yen in common big supporter of Virginia Sean Penn. Like I said part of our obstacles overcoming enlightened and the blessings which you have. And there are so many families say. Our deal with being far tougher than what I'd do it in net income are reflective of some perspective on those gains and know that their Stanley the only way it. You know children and parents that are. Yeah suffering through. You know those are the challenges and that puts everything in perspective so. I guess that I'm very blessed that helping children. In our beloved supportive wife has. Incredible parents and and I get to do his job and I'd love to do which supported teammates and coaches and ownership and I get a chance of run out for the 70000 people on. Thursday night in the represented our. You know art our region in and drop the banner and playing better in opening day and an associate opting to get on the net. I what's the what's the book we need to know the book that changed your life nine music's fifty shoot a great thing policy that's an. Definitely if. It's a quick pretty it's called before agreement. The war agreements yet it's really get the children yeah it's it's quite not suited for radio talk show host and you're supposed. You know give pretty fired up aren't. But. No immediate it was it was very. And I guess it hit me at the right time and preserve order and at that are like you're down you know I kind of Rita wants you just to reflect you know perspective and it's certainly pretty well. Don good luck Thursday night we appreciate the time this morning and now welcome back. Thank god I appreciate every week to operate with Dennis and Callahan on the AT&T got.

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