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Tom Brady Talks Football, Life

Throwing a football 'doesn't matter to God'

By Lev Weinstein, Newser Staff

Posted Aug 10, 2008 5:08 AM CDT

(Newser) – Tom Brady knows he's a talented quarterback, but he's pretty sure that doesn't mean much in the grand scheme of things. "Look at the attention I get: It's because I throw a football," he says in the September issue of Esquire. "But that's what society values. That's not what God values. I have some eye-hand coordination, and I can throw the ball. I don't think that matters to God." Other snippets from the interview:

On last year's Super Bowl loss: "What the hell are you gonna do about it? Sit there and bitch and complain and ruin the next two months of your life because something didn't go right for you?"
On his reputation for being boring: "Well, I don't believe that. I don't accept it. When people say that, I can just compartmentalize them."
On his private life: Ask, and the interview's over.

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In an image provided by Esquire magazine, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is seen on the cover of the September issue of Esquire. (AP Photo/Esquire)

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, left, chats with coach Bill Bilichick, right, during the NFL football team's practice at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass., Monday, Aug. 4, 2008. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

New England Patriots quarterbacks Tom Brady, center, and Matt Cassel, right, talk while stretching during the first day of team football training camp in Foxborough, Mass., Thursday, July 24, 2008. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

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There's one guy whose game I love. That's Peyton. Being in the system I've been in for eight years, with the same coach and the same offense, when we call a play, I've run it hundreds of times. Peyton and I share that. - Brady on his competition

When I was eighteen and way down on the depth chart, I would blame everybody--I'd blame the weather, I'd blame my coach, and how they put me in with the third string guys." - Brady on personal responsibility

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Tom Brady Talks Football, Life