Smart guy. Not only did he Top the lists for that but the more obvious goal of being a Champion through hard work and long term thinking. Whatever Brady did worked really good and for a very long time
These young guys should take a course in whatever formula he used.
They'd probably rather pick his brain for advice on how to how to make a positive impression on one of the wealthiest and most beautiful women in the world.
But as far as what he did to become the greatest quarterback of all time, that's no secret anymore - as you say, very hard work, longterm thinking, and absolutely, 100% believing in yourself every single moment.
I know we've talked about this before, but I'm struck by the story of how he talked the Patriots' maintenance supervisor into giving him his own key to the training facility. He'd show up at 6 AM, and study film until the rest of the team showed up for the practices. When everyone broke up at around 6 PM, and left for the evening, he'd go get dinner and then come back and study film until 11, 12, or later.
VP of player personnel Scott Piori was working late one night, and as he left his office at around 12:30 AM one night, he noticed that someone had left some lights on. When he went to turn them off, he found Brady in the film room getting ready for that weekend's game. Surprised, he asked Brady, "do you often stay this late?" Brady (just as surprised) said, "of course." And that was his rookie season; he was #4 on the depth chart.
Giselle spoke of waking up in the night, finding the bed half empty, and going on the hunt for him. And finding him studying film at 3, 4 AM, because he couldn't sleep anyway - so he might as well make sure he wasn't missing anything important about next week's opponent.
His first year with the Tampas, his new teammates were surprised at how often they'd get a notification on their phone and when they checked, they found that Brady was watching film at that moment and spotted something he felt that particular player needed to see. So he would text them a film clip.
No matter what their positon - offense, defense, special teams, maybe even parking lot attendants. If he spotted something that he felt that specific player needed to see, he fired it off at them. It went on all season long, and they kind of adjusted to it, but the 2 weeks prior to the Super Bowl they were flooded with texted film clips at any hour of the day or night - midnight, 6 AM, anywhere in between, Brady would text a play to a DB, or a defensive lineman, and say "when you see your guy do this, here's the way you need to play it." Because that moment was when he happened to be watching film and saw something his teammate needed to see.
That's how a high school linebacker who had to beg his coach to let him be the 6th-string quarterback turned into Tom Brady. There's a reason that guy is the GOAT, and I hope Love spends a lot of time studying him and his ways. Because in terms of physical skills, Love is miles ahead of Brady - his RAS score is 8.45, more than triple Brady's score of 2.74. Brady was near anyhhere near the athlete Love is; he did it all with his head. If Jordan can tap into even a small part of what Brad relied on, he can be an incredible quarterback.
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