Tom Brady quotes:

My sisters like cooking at my place. It has a bit more room, and the food tastes a little bit better. A big pot of spaghetti and sauce, some warm French bread - works all the time. I think I've been eating pasta for 26 years.

Every quarterback can throw a ball; every running back can run; every receiver is fast; but that mental toughness that you talk about translates into competitiveness.

Too often in life, something happens and we blame other people for us not being happy or satisfied or fulfilled. So the point is, we all have choices, and we make the choice to accept people or situations or to not accept situations.

I see so many guys, really athletic guys, wearing pleats and I just shake my head. Like, Tiger Woods used to wear pleated pants! I'm like, 'C'mon, Tiger!'

To me, football is so much about mental toughness, it's digging deep, it's doing whatever you need to do to help a team win and that comes in a lot of shapes and forms.

A lot of times I find that people who are blessed with the most talent don't ever develop that attitude, and the ones who aren't blessed in that way are the most competitive and have the biggest heart.

I'm a pretty good winner. I'm a terrible loser. And I rub it in pretty good when I win.

I don't want to wake up and be bored. That's probably my greatest fear is to have nothing to do. What better job is there than to play quarterback for an NFL team, and certainly one that I've been on for a long time and had success with? I don't plan on giving it up any time soon.

Football is unconditional love.

What strikes me most about Best Buddies International is the simplicity and magnitude of the mission. Friendship is a simple idea.

After the first day of practice, there's not one guy who's playing at 100 percent or who feels great. Sometimes, getting up in the morning and brushing your teeth is the hardest part of the day - it just hurts.

I could talk food all day. I love good food.

I'm not squeezing the balls. That's not part of my process.

WIth football you can have up to 28 guys you consider starters, and if they can pick up the slack when some aren't playing so well, you don't have to turn those two game losing streaks into six-game losing streaks.

When you have two busy kids running around the house, returning e-mails is a task, let alone surfing the web.

Butler's interception comes off as a great play, which it really was, at the biggest time of the year.

To me, if you're trying to impress a girl, get a date, they're gonna like that more because you're a confident guy. That's what it comes down to.

All parents are concerned about their children's well-being. As a parent of three kids, I'm very concerned about their well-being.

I think the running game is very important to every offense. Being balanced is extremely important. There's times where you have to throw the ball. You could be down late in the game, you need to come back; you have to be able to pass it when they know you're passing it.

Sometimes, getting up in the morning and brushing your teeth is the hardest part of the day - it all just hurts.

I think I have a certain respect for people, you know. And I guess a lot of times I expect that respect to go both ways.

If someone lies, well, you had a choice to trust that person or not. I think the way my father raised me, well, he trusted everybody. And that worked for him.

I think any man who lets a woman pick what he should wear... I mean, you gotta draw the line somewhere as a man. I see these guys, 'My wife told me to wear this!' And I just shake my head.

In Boston, they love their sports celebrities. And it's great.

As a part of the NFL, things change every year.

The only thing I ever wanted to be was a professional football player.

I'm an emotional person. Sometimes I can't help it.

Nothing surprises me anymore in the NFL.

Football is a contact sport and there's a lot that goes into it. But I have committed myself for a long time to doing it, and because I love doing it so much I want to make that commitment.

Some of the best motivation in life is trying to impress a girl.

When you hang with a bunch of 300-pound linemen, you tend to find the places that are the greasiest and serve the most food.

So many guys are so conservative with their hair, and I always joke with all my buddies when they mess with me, and I'll say, 'That's right, keep the same haircut for ten years.' How fun is that?

It's an incredible play, and not only that, that's the type of plays Malcolm makes for our team.

A lot of people didn't get to see Butler's skills throughout the course of the season.

A guy like Malcolm who makes that type of quick, instinctive plays, that's one of his strong suits. I don't think it surprised any of us players because that's what his skill set is.

It's easy when you have receivers that are open all the time and an offensive line that never lets anyone touch you. It makes it fun to play.

The true competitors, though, are the ones who always play to win.

If you don't play to win don't play at all.

I think that at the start of a game, you're always playing to win, and then maybe if you're ahead late in the game, you start playing not to lose. The true competitors, though, are the ones who always play to win.

Fortunately for a quarterback, you can play for a long time because you don't get hit very often.

Certainly I accept my role and responsibility as a public figure and a lot of it you take the good with the bad, dealing with different adversities in life, you just try to do the best you can do.

You have to believe in your process. You have to believe in the things that you are doing to help the team win. I think you have to take the good with the bad.

I'm attracted to women who are smart and funny and ambitious and have lives of their own and great families. Isn't that what attracts anyone?

You know, watching Dan Marino and Steve Young get nominated to the Hall of Fame... those guys are unbelievable and they did it for so long. I'd love to play like those guys, but there's still a long way to go and a lot of growing.

With football, you can have up to 28 guys you consider starters, and if they can pick up the slack when some aren't playing so well, you don't have to turn those two-game losing streaks into six-game losing streaks.

Mentally, the only players who survive in the pros are the ones able to manage all their responsibilities. Everybody struggles in different ways.

I've always been privileged to play for Coach Belichick, who I've always said is the best coach in the history of the league.

I'm not really concerned with portraying this tough warrior - I mean, that's part of my job and I take that very seriously. But I don't have anything to hide, and I'm not concerned with what people think.

Maybe some people can wake up and play PlayStation all day, but that's never been me.

I'm not a person who defends myself very often. I kind of let my actions speak for me.

My wife and I are very affectionate.

Life is not living in the suburbs with a white picket fence. That's not life. Somehow our American culture has made it out that that's what life needs to be - and that if it's not that, it's all screwed up. It's not.

If I feel anxious every time someone is staring at me, well, I can't control what they stare at, but my reaction is, I'm just not going to go outside the house. I'm going to stay in and chill. And when I do go out, I understand what comes along with that.

Man, wear your seat belts. That's all I can tell everybody. You never know.

My job is to play quarterback, and I'm going to do that the best way I know how, because I owe that to my teammates regardless of who is out there on the field with me.

People want to go out and travel around and meet cool people. I could just go live in Vermont, but is that what I really want?

I'm not a very creative person, you know? I'm not really an art person. I'm not a great reader or writer or artist or musician.

When I'm out on the football field, I have so much confidence in what I'm doing.

I've had just about everything punched. I've had things grabbed that just shouldn't be grapped.

My personal feelings are my personal feelings. I don't want to express them with anyone except for a very few people. It doesn't do any good. It really doesn't.

I always try to do as much as I can do. I'm never a person that does not enough, because I'd regret not doing enough and think I probably could have done more. I probably go too far and have to reel myself back in, which works in some things, and other things it doesn't work.

All I do is work out, oh my God! Half my life is spent in a gym somewhere, sweating.

As an athlete, when you are on that field and the fans get really engaged and you can feel their energy and passion and true love of the game, it is absolutely a spiritual experience.

As athletes, we think we're heroes, but when you witness firsthand what I saw yesterday, you realize who the real heroes are.

As for hobbies, I don't really read or watch TV. I'm very active. I like surfing, skiing, riding bikes with my kids, and working out with my friends.

Athletes are always talking about money at a time when everyone else is struggling so badly to make it. We all make way more than our fair share. And I just think it reflects poorly on myself and my teammates. I really do just want to win, and that has and will continue to be the reason that motivates me and is the biggest factor in my decision-making process.

Derek Jeter is one who played for such a long time, and David Ortiz in Boston is doing it right now.

Everybody has an opinion. I think everybody has the right to believe whatever they want. I don't ever cast judgment on someone's belief system.

Everyone is dealing with something. This is life; this is not just a piece of cake.

Everyone is dealing with something. This is life; this is not just a piece of cake. You expect that when your teammates are doing their jobs, so you got to compartmentalize and do your job.

I approach every week the same. I think I've always tried to be very professional to how I approach the game, my preparation. Every game is important.

I can't do anything with what's happened in the past. I have to just go forward with the most awareness I can going forward and trying to be the best I can be for our team.

I certainly want a name that I can pronounce!

I didn't alter the footballs in any way

I don't care about three years ago - I don't care about two years ago. I don't care about last year. The only thing I care about is this week.

I don't know what I believe. I think there's a belief system, I'm just not sure what it is.

I don't put any thought into the footballs after I choose them. When you're out there playing in front of 70,000 people, like a home crowd, you don't think about it. You're just reacting to the game.

I don't think there's a lot of carry-over from year to year. I don't think anybody cares what you did the year before.

I dress for the occasion. I like Tom Ford for more formal, especially his suits, and I wear a lot of Under Armour for my athletic gear. I also love Rag & Bone.

I feel like I have always played within the rules. I would never break the rules.

I feel like I've always played within the rules. I would never do anything to break the rules. I believe in fair play and I'll always believe in that for as long as I'm playing.

I got a few Mrs. Bradys in my life.

I have a memory, and I can just eliminate mistakes when they come up because I've already made them.

I have no knowledge of anything

I hope I have a lot more football left.

I knew I became a professional when I stop paying attention to what time it was.

I like skiing and surfing with kids. They are the cutest little skiers out there, in their little outfits. I just want to eat 'em up!

I like to have fun all the time, even if I'm working.

I love playing football. I love playing for the Patriots.

I love Serena [Williams]. Seeing what Serena's done in her field has been incredible.

I play a complicated position in an intensely team-oriented game.

I think it's a feeling like I've got it all figured out. There's nothing that can shock me anymore. There's nothing I haven't anticipated; so at that point, there is a calmness.

I think I've always tried to be very professional to how I approach the game, my preparation. Every game is important.

I think I've been fortunate over the years to be at a point in my career where I really get to choose the partnerships that I really want to take on and they're a perfect fit.

I think so highly of people who love their sport and make a really strong commitment to it.

I think sometimes in life the biggest challenges end up being the best things that happen in your life.

I think you can just go out and try to be the best you can be, deal with people with respect, with honesty, with integrity, have a high moral standard. I've always really tried to exemplify that as an athlete. I'll continue to try to do that.

I would never do anything outside of the rules of play.

I'd be that James Bond character from the Beautyrest commercial that we did. Maybe some day.

I'd love to give Malcolm the truck. We're going to figure out how to make that happen.

If I have something to say, I want it to be meaningful.

If you waste your time and energy on things that don't matter in the outcome of the game, then when you get to the game you're not going to give your teammates the best that you have to offer.

If you're a quarterback, you want everything on your shoulders. You want to be the one to make the decisions.

I'm much more comfortable and confident running out on the field in front of 70,000 people instead of standing in front of a camera trying to say some lines.

I'm pretty chirpy. I can talk a little too much smack.

In sports you often become part of something greater than yourself.

Is it going to make me feel any better to make an extra million? That million might be more important to the team.

It's great to learn more about sports I'm probably less familiar with - stock car racing, rodeo, e-sports - and realize that a lot of the people at the center of those sports bring the same level of passion, commitment and disciple that I try to with football. Sports is a way of life for billions of people around the planet.

It's just part of whatever motivates guys and whatever they say. Ultimately it comes down to how well you play. What I've learned over the years, a lot of guys talk. What you need to do is go out there and play, back it up. They've been able to back it up, so that's why it works for them. Hopefully we can go out there and do our talking on the field.

It's never come easy for me. I don't think my mind allows me to rest ever. I have, I think, a chip on my shoulder, and some deep scars that I don't think were healed.

Losing sucks, and especially to the Jets.

Matt Damon is a great actor, and he's from Boston, so we've got a few things in common. I've seen him throw a football, though. He definitely needs to work on that.

My job is to evaluate the field, pick the guy that I think is most open and make a good throw.

My mom was a great tennis player, and I remember being six or seven years old watching Steffi Graf and Monica Seles in Wimbledon in my house. I've always been a tennis fan.

On the field, you come into sync with your teammates and coaches and together you achieve something that you could never do on your own.

Sometimes some of the toughest things you deal with end up being the best things because you realize the people that you can rely on, that love you and support you through it.

Sometimes, getting up in the morning and brishing your teath is the hardest part of the day - it all just hurts.

That taught me how to work harder. I learned all about mental toughness on the practice field. If things weren't working out for me in high school, in college, early in my pro career, my solution was always to work harder and internalize. That way, whenever I got an opportunity, I was always prepared. See, there are a lot of guys who are all talk. They say they want to work harder and be the best, but they never pay the price. I love paying the price.

The only thing I really like doing during the week is getting ready to play the game.