If I have something to say, I want it to be meaningful.
I never had any coffee or anything like that. I just never tried it.
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.
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?
I'm just glad I play for Coach Belichick.
It's an offseason. These days are valuable for everybody.
During the season, most of my time to unwind is in my car ride home. When I get home, it's being with my kids.
I'm a pretty good winner. I'm a terrible loser. And I rub it in pretty good when I win.
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.
I have a memory, and I can just eliminate mistakes when they come up because I've already made them.
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 had a lot of ridiculous haircuts.
I think the great part about what I do is that there's a scoreboard. At the end of every week, you know how you did. You know how well you prepared. You know whether you executed your game plan. There's a tangible score.
As you get older, you have more responsibilities; you have more commitments, more events, kids, you're married now. You still have all the things that you've had, plus you just keep adding.
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 was the kid that was the 199th pick that never had the body for it. People didn't think I'd play one year in the NFL, and now I'm going on my 17th year.
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.
It's amazing, the culture Coach Belichick has been able to create in our system.
Every man should know, if you're comfortable and you like it, you should do it. Everyone always worries about what the girls think, what the guys think. If you like it, do it.
I'm not a person who defends myself very often. I kind of let my actions speak for me.
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.
I could talk food all day. I love good food.
Probably my first couple years in the league, I started paying more attention to what I was wearing. Once I got a few bucks in my pocket and I could afford some nice things, and you get to go, 'OK, let's try some of these things.' And once you try something you like, you probably don't change it much.
I've been so blessed to play for the greatest coach at a time when our organization has done incredible things. I've played with the best teammates. Playing for Mr. Kraft and what his influence on the team has been.
Proper sleep has helped me get to where I am today as an athlete, and it is something that I continue to rely on every day.
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 style is being so comfortable and confident in what you're wearing. That's what style is, 'cause everybody's got different style.
I think, in politics, half the people are gonna like you, and half the people are not gonna like you, no matter what you do or what you say... It's like there are no right answers. If there were, everyone would choose the right answers. They're all opinions.
There's not much time to unwind, but you know what, it's because I love what I do. I look forward to the season. I look forward to playing games. It doesn't ever feel like work.
I play a complicated position in an intensely team-oriented game.
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!'
The only thing I ever wanted to be was a professional football player.
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?
I'd be so bored if I wasn't going out there, knowing that I could still do it. So, I'm going to work hard to be ready to go, and I still plan on playing for a long time.
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.
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.
I'm a pretty casual dresser. At home, it's probably whatever is functional to relax in, whether it's a pair of sweats or a pair of jeans.
The last person I have ever criticized is an official. They have a tough job to do. Things are happening so quick.
You never get over losses. I've never gotten over one loss I've had in my career. They always stick with me.
I've had just about everything punched. I've had things grabbed that just shouldn't be grapped.
There have been so many great players that I've played with, that I've played against over the years.
I don't think a lot of people know personally who I am.
I'm never going to be fast, and nobody will ever mistake me for being fast.
I don't want to say anything negative about anybody or anything or anybody's political beliefs. I've never done that. I've never tried to get involved in those things.
Fortunately for a quarterback, you can play for a long time because you don't get hit very often.
It's a representation of yourself, and you can express a lot of your creativity with what your wearing.
I just love working hard. I love being part of a team; I love working toward a common goal.
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 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.
