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Revealed! Former Patriots Teammate on the Secret to Tom Brady’s Success

Published 07/26/2021, 10:00 AM EDT

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Tom Brady is 43 and thriving. Winning his seventh Super Bowl ring last season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the quarterback continues to defy all odds.

Be it his age, his ability to carry his side to the Super Bowl in just his first season there, or the fact that he did all that with a torn MCL, Tom Brady is a phenomenon that never ceases to amaze NFL fans.

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This in part has many to question over the years? Just how does he do it? How can one man continue to dominate the league for over two decades? 

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Well, one of his former teammates from New England believes that he knows Tom Brady’s secret to success.

Hunger to succeed drives Tom Brady 

Appearing on CBS HQ, three-time Super Bowl winner and Tom Brady’s former teammate at New England, Matt Light sat down to reveal the QB’s secret to maintaining the crazy level of success he has achieved in the league.

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And the secret isn’t really much of a secret. “Tom Brady has not only stuck around for as long as he has but he’s done it at the highest level. Now you can read the cookbooks, you can read all the self-healing things that he does. But at the end of the day, Tom Brady is one of the most competitive people on planet Earth,” said Light.

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Brady’s desire to win is truly unparalleled. I mean the quarterback once said that his favorite Super Bowl ring is the next one. Right after winning a Super Bowl ring!

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Clearly not one to dabble around with earthly cravings, Brady takes his training seriously and in the process, one step ahead of his true opponent, Father Time.  

“You can sum it all up by saying that whatever he has to do, he’s going to do it. Most of us on, we like to sleep in every now and then. We like to indulge with some ice cream or dessert. Tommy doesn’t do any of that. 

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So you got to give respect where it’s due. He’s earned it. And there’s a reason why he’s as good as he is because he wants it,” Light added.

With the 2021 NFL season nearing, Tom Brady has already set his sight on an eighth Super Bowl ring. And if he continues to stick to his “secret” mantra to success, little can anyone else do to stop him.

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Shivayan Roy is currently an NFL writer at EssentiallySports. After completing his Masters Diploma in Journalism from the Asian College of Journalism, Roy functioned as a reporter for Goal.com and extensively covered the FIFA U-17 World Cup.
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