Tom Brady - An Insight to America's Greatest Quarterback in History

Tom Brady is considered as one of the top quarterbacks in NFL history. Why not? After all, Brady has won four Super Bowl championships and two MVP Awards with his association in the New England Patriots. Brady is a graduate of Michigan University and is of age 38. He is married to supermodel Gisele Bundchen and has three sons. Tom who is a Leo has a height of 6 feet and 4 inches and weight of 102 kgs. He earns a net worth of $120 million.

Quotes

“”I’m a pretty good winner.I’m a terrible loser. And I rub it in pretty good when I win.”” -Tom Brady

“”I’m not a person who defends myself very often. I kind of let my actions speak for me.”” -Tom Brady

“” The only thing I even wanted to be was a professional football player.”” -Tom Brady

Synopsis

The star quarterback  of New Englands Patriots, Tom Brady got indulged with the team in 2000. Brady has won two major MVP Awards along with four Super Bowl Championships. Brady is married to Supermodel Gisele Bundchen although he had a long time relation with girlfriend Bridget Moynahan of which the two have a son as well. Brady was debarred in 2015 due to charges against him, which suggested he was involved in the illegal deflation of footballs, however, it was overturned later that year itself.

Early Life and Career

Tom Brady was born on August 3, 1977, in San Mateo, California as the only son of and Galynn Patricia and Thomas Brady, Sr. He was the only male child of the family as all he had was his sisters who were older than him. Brady was raised as a Catholic and he regularly visited games at Candlestick Park due to which he became a fan of Joe Montana; also his inspiration and role model for the game. Tom Brady was very active in sports while in high school at Junipero Serra High School. After graduating from high school  he pursued his undergraduate at the University of Michigan and  it was one of the turning points for his life as it was then he got a chance to serve as a quarterback. In addition to that, he even helped his team to win an Orange Bowl victory.

NFL and popularity

During 2000 New England Patriots drafted him for the NFL. Although he played as a backup quarterback  his turning point was when Drew Bledsoe was injured and hence Brady proved himself as a powerful unit of the team. It was in this game that under Brady’s leadership the team secured a win at Super Bowl XXXVI against St. Louis Rams. Along with that Brady also received the game’s MVP award. After that, there was no looking back for Brady who made his team win another Super Bowl XXXVII against the Carolina Panthers. Yet again, he was awarded his second Super Bowl MVP Award.

Although there were a lot of games and winning for the team during the first game of 2008 Brady was sidelined due to a knee injury which made him sit out of the matches for an entire season.  However, nobody could keep him apart from his childhood fantasy as when everyone thought it was the end of Brady’s journey he came to prove all of them wrong. He signed a new contract with the team New Patriots England in 2010. He might be a football champion, but alongside that Brady is one of the most popular celebrities and has a huge female fan following. In 2002 he was chosen as one of “50 Most Beautiful People” by People’s magazine. In addition to that , he has also hosted shows like Saturday Nightlife in 2005.

Greatest Quarterback in History

Tom Brady in a career of sixteen years has four major titles in his kitty has three major Super Bowl MVPs. His fans and players have time and again reported that no one has thrown more touchdown passes in Super Bowls than Brady.Not just that Brady has been time and again compared to legendary players like Joe Namath and Joe Montana; who also happen to be his childhood role model.

Personal Life

Tom who is in his late thirties is a father of three children and as normal as anyone of us.Brady was in a very serious relationship with his girlfriend Bridget Moynahan yet the couple had to suffer a breakup in 2006. Just after a year though Bridget gave birth to Tom’s son and they name him John Edward Thomas Moynahan.However in February 2009 Tom got married to Victoria Secret's model Gisele Bundchen and that very year in December they welcomed another son whom they named Benjamin. The couple resides together in Chestnut Hill at a house that costs around $22, Million.

Controversy

After the completion of the season of 2014 ; there was a huge controversy around Tom Brady. The reason being  it was discovered that several of the game balls used by New England Patriots were distended with air, which obviously brought in a lot of cheating remarks. However, Brady did not lose his calm and rather came out in the media explaining himself. He said”, I did not alter the ball in anyways and would never do something that would be outside the rules.” Due to the media hype, it got such a big coverage that Tom Brady was suspended for the first four games of the season. This also resulted in Brady and other NFL players filing a lawsuit for the suspension to be overturned, which eventually got successful in September 2015 and Brady came back to the game as good as ever.