>> James: JOINING US RIGHT NOW FOR HIS FIRST INTERVIEW SINCE
HIS SEVENTH CAREER SUPER BOWL WIN, FROM THE
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS, HERE'S SUPER BOWL M.V.P., TOM BRADY!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) IT'S SO GREAT TO SEE YOU.
HOW ARE YOU?
>> HI, JAMES.
SO GREAT BEING WITH YOU.
LOVE BEING ON YOUR SHOW.
>> James: WE'RE SO HAPPY YOU'RE HERE.
CONGRATULATIONS ON AN AMAZING ACHIEVEMENT JUST A FEW WEEKS
AGO.
NOW THAT YOU'RE IN THE OFF SEASON, DO YOU HAVE A HARD TIME
FIGURING OUT WHAT TO DO WITH YOURSELF WHEN THE SEASON'S OVER?
>> USUALLY YES.
LIKE, I ALWAYS DESCRIBE FOOTBALL SEASON AS A TREADMILL AND IT'S
GOING FAST, YOU KNOW, AND EVERY WEEK YOU WORK BASICALLY SEVEN
DAYS A WEEK FOR SIX STRAIGHT MONTHS, THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN
YOU'RE ON THIS TREADMILL THAT'S GOING FAST AND, BOOM, YOU HIT
THE STOP BUTTON, AND IT ALWAYS FEELS LIKE A CRASH LANDING.
SO WE HAD SOME TIME WHERE WE SPENT SOME TIME WITH MY WIFE AND
KIDS AND I ACTUALLY HAD KNEE SURGERY.
SO I'M KIND OF REHABBING NOW, WITH I IS GIVING ME SOMETHING TO
DO.
>> James: SURE.
ALTHOUGH I'D MUCH RATHER BE KIND OF STAYING ACTIVE LIKE I
NORMALLY DO.
>> James: AND YOU FEEL GOOD?
WHEN YOU GET HOME AFTER PRE-SEASON, DOES YOURSELF
PRESENT YOU WITH A LIST OF TO-DO CHORES AROUND THE HOUSE?
SOMETHING YOU HAVE BEEN IGNORING ALL SEASON?
DOES THAT EVER HAPPEN?
>> I THINK THERE'S DEFINITELY PART OF THAT WHERE SHE SAYS,
OKAY, YOUR TURN, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT BREAKFAST THIS MORNING, YOU
GOT, YOU KNOW, THESE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT I HAVE BEEN DOING
FOR THE LAST SIX MONTHS WHILE YOU HAVE BEEN PLAYING FOOTBALL.
BUT SHE'S BEEN -- SHE'S THE BEST SUPPORTER.
SHE'S BEEN AMAZING, AND I THINK, FOR ME, IT'S LIKE -- IT'S JUST A
WHOLE DIFFERENT LIFE.
SO THERE'S THIS IN-SEASON MODE OF UP EARLY FOOTBALL THIS, YOU
KNOW, THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THAT JUST LITERALLY STOPPED.
SO I'M JUST GETTING REACQUAINTED WITH THE DISHWASHER, WHERE THE
BROOM IS, WHERE THE VACUUM IS.
>> James: REACQUAINTED WITH THE DISHWASHER.
WHAT A GREAT LINE.
YOU TOLD ME WHEN WE WERE TALKING BEFORE AND I THOUGHT IT WAS AN
AMAZING THING ABOUT WHEN YOU'D WON THE SUPER BOWL A FEW WEEKS
AGO IN TAMPA AND THE TEAM THAT YOU HAD MOVED TO, AND TELL ME
ABOUT -- TELL ME THE STORY YOU TOLD ME WHEN SHE EMBRACED YOU ON
THE FIELD.
>> YEAH, SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S A BIG MOMENT, OBVIOUSLY, AND IT'S
A CULMINATION OF A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, MONTHS OF EVERYONE WORKING
HARD AND, LIKE I SAID, THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE AROUND US THAT
SUPPORT US AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE GAME ENDS AND YOU
REALIZE, OKAY, GAME IS OVER, SEASON'S OVER, THEY'RE DROPPING
CONFETTI.
THIS YEAR WAS DIFFERENT WITH A LOT OF US, BUT, ANYWAY, I WAS
LOOKING FOR MY FAMILY, AND I WAS SAYING, WHERE'S MY FAMILY?
AND I SEE MY OLDEST SON RUN OVER TO ME, DAD!
I GIVE HIM A BIG HUG, AND I SAW MY TWO LITTLE ONES AND I SAW MY
WIFE AND I GAVE HER A BIG HUG AND JUST AS I DID IT, SHE SAID,
WHAT MORE DO YOU HAVE TO PROVE?
>> James: AND WHAT DID YOU SAY IN THAT MOMENT?
>> I JUST GAVE HER A BIG HUG.
I WAS TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO CHANGE THE SUBJECT REAL QUICK.
I THINK I MOVED ON TO SOMETHING ELSE PRETTY QUICKLY.
>> James: WHAT YOU'VE DONE THIS YEAR IS SO REMARKABLE.
THIS IS YOUR FIRST YEAR ON THIS NEW TEAM.
I MEAN -- >> YEAH.
>> James: BE HONEST, WAS ANY PART OF YOU SURPRISED AT HOW FAR
YOU WENT AS A TEAM?
DID YOU THINK THAT YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THIS IN YOUR
FIRST SEASON AT TAMPA?
>> YEAH.
WHERE IT WAS WAS GREAT FOR ME.
I WOULDN'T HAVE CHANGED ANYTHING.
I THINK, WHEN WE WERE AT THAT POINT AT THE PATRIOTS, EVERYONE
AT THE START OF THE SEASON WOULD BE, LIKE, WHO ARE YOU GUYS
PLAYING IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME?
AND IT ALWAYS GOT TO BE LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE EXPECTATIONS WERE
SO -- NOT UNREALISTIC, IT WAS JUST LIKE PEOPLE JUMPED AHEAD OF
ALL THE INTENSE COMPETITION WHICH, IN THE END FOR US, YOU
KNOW, YOU KIND OF FEEL LIKE IT'S A LOT HARDER THAN THAT.
AND I THINK GOING INTO THIS YEAR WAS DIFFERENT FOR ME BECAUSE,
YOU KNOW, YOU GO TO A DIFFERENT PLACE, AND THAT WASN'T REALLY
THE QUESTION THAT WAS BEING ASKED.
THE QUESTION IS CAN YOU GUYS BE SIXFUL, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO BE
SUCCESSFUL, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO LEARN YOUR TEAMMATES, HOW ARE
THEY GOING TO LEARN YOU?
AND THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW, WE'RE THRUST INTO THE SEASON,
THE SEASON STARTS, AND WE GO -- BASICALLY PLAY ONE OF THE BEST
TEAMS IN THE LEAGUE AS THE FIRST GAME IN THE YEAR, WHICH IS KIND
OF THE MEASURING STICK, AND WE GOT OFF TO A SLOW START.
SO WE BASICALLY FOUND -- WE STARTED OFF, YOU KNOW, NOT
GREAT.
WE IMPROVED A LITTLE BIT TO THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR AND THEN WE
HAD A PRETTY ROUGH PATCH IN THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER, AND WE GOT A
WHY BUY WEEK AT THE RIGHT TIME WHERE HE DIDN'T HAVE A GAME AND
WE COULDN'T REALLY RECALIBRATE WHERE WE WERE AT.
AND, MAN, THE LAST FOUR WEEKS OF THE SEASON AND THROUGH THE
POST-SEASON, WE REALLY JUST -- WE FOUND OUR RHYTHM, AND WHEN WE
FOUND OUR RHYTHM, WE JUST REALLY HAD THE PEDAL ON THE METAL, AND
EVERYONE WORKED REALLY HARD.
IT WAS GREAT TEAMWORK.
IT WAS SO MUCH FUN TO SEE A TEAM COME TOGETHER THE WAY THAT IT
DID.
>> James: YEAH.
AND THE BELIEF AS WE KEPT GOING, IT WAS LIKE IT GREW AND
GREW AND GREW AND GREW.
AND I THINK BY THE TIME WE ETCH GOT TO THE SUPER BOWL, ALL OF US
STILL FELT LIKE WE WERE STILL GETTING BETTER.
WE WERE STILL IMPROVING.
MAN, IF THE GAME WAS A MONTH FROM NOW, WE WOULD STILL BE
GETTING BETTER, AND I THINK THAT WAS A GREAT FEELING GOING INTO
THAT GAME WHICH IS WHY WE FELT SO MUCH CONFIDENCE THAT WE
WEREN'T GOING ON FUMES AT THAT POINT, WE WEREN'T TRYING TO
SURVIVE THE SEASON.
WE WERE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WHERE WE WERE AT AND WANTED TO
FINISH THE GAME IN THE RIGHT WAY AND PROVING TO EVERYONE THAT WE
WERE DESERVING TO BE THE CHAMPS AND JUST SO HAPPY FOR OUR TEAM
THAT WE ACCOMPLISHED THAT.
>> James: YOU ABSOLUTELY DID.
IT WAS AN AMAZING THING TO WATCH.
AS WAS, I HAVE TO SAY, THE BOAT PARADE WAS EQUALLY AS FANTASTIC
TO WATCH.
( LAUGHTER ) YOU --
>> I DON'T REMEMBER THAT QUITE AS WELL.
>> James: IF YOU DON'T REMEMBER IT, TAKE A LOOK.
( SHOUTING ) ( LAUGHTER )
>> James: I MEAN, I KNOW THE OUTCOME AND MY HEART IS STILL IN
MY MOUTH WHEN I SEE IT.
IS THERE ANY BIT OF YOU THINKING, WHAT DO I DO IF THIS
GOES IN THE WATER?
>> OKAY, FIRST OF ALL, I WAS NOT THINKING AT THAT MOMENT.
( LAUGHTER ) THERE WAS NOT A THOUGHT.
IT WAS, THIS SEEMS LIKE REALLY FUN TO DO.
AND NOT TO MENTION, WHEN YOU GET YOUR HANDS ON ONE OF THOSE
TROPHIES, THERE ARE A LOT OF SHARP EDGES TON BOTTOM WHERE THE
STAND IS.
OBVIOUSLY THE BALL IS WHAT IT IS.
BUT I FOUND OUT LATER THAT HAD THAT BEEN AN INCOMPLETE PASS,
THAT WOULD HAVE WENT DOWN, LIKE, 80 FEET.
>> James: OH, YOU'RE NEVER SEEING IT AGAIN.
>> SO I'M SO HAPPY TO CAM.
>> James: WHOSE VOICES DID YOU HEARSAY, NO!
SOMEBODY SHOUTS, NO!
DON'T DO IT!
>> THAT'S MY LITTLE EIGHT-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER.
>> James: OH, NO!
( LAUGHTER ) >> AND WHO COULD IMAGINE THAT AN
8-YEAR-OLD GIRL WOULD HAVE THE MOST SENSE OF ANYBODY IN THE
WHOLE AREA AT THE TIME?
LIKE SHE'S THE VOICE OF REASON.
I MEAN, GO FIGURE.
IT WAS REALLY CUTE.
>> James: IT WAS SO BRILLIANT, SEEING YOU HAVE SUCH A GREAT
TIME.
THIS IS YOU GETTING OFF THE BOAT.
( LAUGHTER ) NOW, WHAT IS THIS?
IS THIS SEA LEGS OR, DARE I SAY IT, A TOUCH OF TEQUILA?
>> OH, MAN -- I THINK A LITTLE OF BOTH.
A LITTLE OF BOTH.
IT'S DEFINITELY A MOMENT OF CELEBRATION.
I'M HAPPY I'M ON LAND AT THAT POINT, ABSOLUTELY HAPPY I'M
BEING SURROUND BID MY FELLOW QUARTERBACK GRIFF AT THE RIGHT
PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME.
WHO COULD HAVE A FRIEND BET THRARN THAT MAKING SURE I WAS SO
COMFORTABLE WALKING OFF THE BOAT LIKE THAT?
>> James: WE ALL NEED THAT FRIEND.
AND I'VE GOT TO SAY, THAT TO ME, SEEING THAT STUFF, IT SUMS UP
WHAT THAT TEAM KIND OF REPRESENTED TO LOTS OF FOOTBALL
FANS OVER THE YEARS.
YOU LOOK LIKE YOU WERE SO TOGETHER AND YOU'RE ENJOYING IT
AND IT LOOKS LIKE A TEAM THAT ANYONE WOULD WANT TO BE A PART
OF, AND I SAY THIS BECAUSE I'M CONSTANTLY THINKING THIS, TOM,
THAT YOU ARE ONLY A YEAR OLDER THAN ME, RIGHT, YOU'RE
PERFORMING AT YOUR PEAK, YOU'RE DOING IT.
>> YEAH.
>> James: BE HONEST.
DO YOU THINK IT'S TOO LATE FOR ME TO BE DRAFTED?
( LAUGHTER ) JUST GIVE IT TO ME STRAIGHT.
>> BEING COMPLETELY HONEST.
>> James: YEP.
YOU HAVE ZERO CHANCE.
ZERO.
( LAUGHTER ) >> James: BUT I THINK I'VE GOT
THE PHYSIQUE.
NO?
I FEEL LIKE, WITH YOUR GUIDANCE, YOU DON'T THINK YOU COULD GET ME
HALFWAY THERE?
>> YOU KNOW WHAT, I THINK YOU'RE SO TALENTED -- I MEAN, YOU CAN'T
BE GREAT AT EVERYTHING.
LOOK AT YOU -- >> James: BUT SURELY, I MIGHT
NOT MAKE TAMPA BUT IF I COULD PLAY FOR THE JETS.
>> YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO PLAY FOR THE JETS.
ACTUALLY, YOU'RE RIGHT ABOUT THAT.
( LAUGHTER ) >> James: TOM BRADY, WE LOVE
YOU SO MUCH.
CHECK OUT TB12 SPORTS.com TO LEARN ABOUT HOW TOM STAYS THE
GREATEST OF ALL TIME.
CONGRATULATIONS ON A GREAT SEASON, TOM.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
FROM ALL OF US HERE, WE LOVE IT EVERY TIME YOU'RE HERE AT THE
SHOW.