Tom Brady

by Tom Brady (Editor), Katie Gillespie (Contributor), Terry Paulhus (Contributor)

Readers will find inspiration from one of the most noteworthy athletes in the world with Tom Brady, part of the Quotes from the Greatest Athletes series. Each title pairs words of encouragement with stunning photography to create a truly unique reading experience. Readers are sure to understand the power of hard work and perseverance through this exciting series.

24 pages, Library Binding

Published August 1, 2016

About the author

Thomas Edward Patrick Brady Jr. (born August 3, 1977) is an American football quarterback for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). He is one of only two players to win five Super Bowls (the other being defensive player Charles Haley) and the only player to win them all playing for one team.

After playing college football for the University of Michigan, Brady was drafted by the Patriots in the sixth round of the 2000 NFL Draft. In Brady's 15 seasons as a starter, he has quarterbacked the Patriots to seven Super Bowl appearances, the most for any player in history.

Brady has been honored with four Super Bowl MVP awards (Super Bowl XXXVI, XXXVIII, XLIX, and LI), the most ever by a single player, has won two league MVP awards (2007 and 2010), has been selected to 12 Pro Bowls, and has led his team to more division titles (14) than any other quarterback in NFL history. As of the end of the 2016 season, Brady is fourth all-time in career passing yards, fourth in career touchdown passes, and third in career passer rating. His career postseason record is 25–9, winning more playoff games than any other quarterback, and he has appeared in more playoff games than any player at any position. Brady has never had a losing season as a starting quarterback in the NFL. His 208 combined regular-season and postseason wins are also the most of any quarterback in NFL history. Because of his accomplishments and accolades, many analysts and sportswriters consider Brady to be among the greatest quarterbacks of all time. Due to his late draft selection, Brady is considered to be the biggest "steal" in the history of the NFL Draft.

For his alleged involvement in the highly publicized Deflategate football tampering scandal, Brady was suspended for the first four games of the 2016 NFL season. Subsequently, Brady went on to win Super Bowl LI and Super Bowl MVP that season.

Brady has been married to Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bündchen since 2009.

Reviews

[Jessica · Rating 1 out of 5]

To be blunt, pointless. Nothing against Tom Brady or any of the other athletes in this series, but being a great athlete does not elevate statements they make in interviews (and here found out of context) into inspirational or philosophical quotes, or suitable to be used as anything beyond the answer to a question posed by an interviewer.

This book is primarily 2-page photograph spreads of Tom Brady as found in any Sports Illustrated magazine or online news outlet with a one sentence quote in large letters in a textbox superimposed on the image. For example: "Mentally, the only players who survive in the pros are the ones able to manage all their responsibilities." There are a total of eight quotes in the book.

The book also contains a one-page summary of his life (which apparently can be contained in 160 words), information on how the reader can write a biography of a person's life (I would have found this section more appropriate if the book was a biography and the reader therefore had an example in front of them to work from), and seven "fascinating facts" about his milestone career.

[Roman Zelenetsky]

IT was good