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.
Interpretation
Tom Brady emphasizes the importance of winning over monetary gains in sports.
In this quote, Tom Brady highlights a common criticism of athletes who seem overly focused on their earnings while many people face financial struggles. He reflects on how, despite the lucrative nature of professional sports, his primary motivation remains the pursuit of victory, suggesting that true fulfillment comes from achievement and teamwork rather than financial gain.
In practice
During a motivational speech at a sports camp to inspire young athletes.
You can't score if you're turning it over. It's like a punt. If you go out and you punt 12 times, you're not scoring points. That's not good. So, when you turn the ball over and throw interceptions, you're giving the other team more opportunities and your team less opportunities.
I don't go to bed at 1 A.M. and wake up at 5 A.M. and say, 'Let's see if I can get this done today.'
It's a real strength for me that I've never minded the training process. It's something I enjoy. I really like being in the gym or, certainly, on the field.
The true competitors, though, are the ones who always play to win.
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.
Mentally, the only players who survive in the pros are the ones able to manage all their responsibilities. Everybody struggles in different ways.
By the time I was 22, I was a professional. A young and flawed professional, but not an amateur.
People call me a perfectionist, but I'm not. I'm a rightist. I do something until it's right, and then I move on to the next thing.
Once you turn pro and you're making the big money and kids are buying your sneakers and your skates and your gloves and so on, you are a member of that role model club.
To fulfil the dreams of one's youth; that is the best that can happen to a man. No worldly success can take the place of that.
Now success was like lust, she's good to the touch,_x000D_ _x000D_ She's good for the moment, but she's never enough
The middle of every successful project looks like a disaster.
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