12 Non-Football Related Reasons To Love Tom Brady
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12 Non-Football Related Reasons To Love Tom Brady

Even if you don't love him on the field, you gotta love him off the field.

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12 Non-Football Related Reasons To Love Tom Brady
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Everyone knows the superstar Patriots QB Tom Brady. Whether you love him or hate him, he is arguably one of the best to ever play the game. At the ripe, old age of 39, Brady has 15 seasons under his belt as starting quarterback, seven Super Bowl trips, and four Super Bowl rings. Whether you love him or hate him, there's no question the guy is a star. But all things football aside, there are tons of non-Patriots related reasons to love the NFL legend. Here are X:

1. Brady was drafted as a catcher by the Montreal Expos out of high school.

Of course the man behind the plate has to have an arm too, but Brady was a phenom in his high school baseball career. He rejected the offer and enrolled to play football at Michigan.

2. He doesn't like to sign pictures where his mechanics aren't what they should be.

The star QB doesn't mind signing autographs for his fans, but if the picture he's signing captures a bad stance/throw/fundamental, he will tell you how terrible it is and ask you to sign just about anything else.

3. One of his favorite desserts is avocado ice cream.

Everyone knows that the man is a health nut, but he really likes avocado ice cream. (If he gets his fifth ring, someone please buy him a real ice cream cone.)

4. He has a really humble motivation tactic.

He told a college teammate that if he made it big, he just really wanted to be able to wear a new pair of socks every day. Like put them on in the morning, throw them away at night. That was his literal dream. I bet Gisele has the easiest Christmas shopping experience ever.

5. He gifts his fellow Patriots with his favorite footwear.

Yeah, maybe LeBron and Jordan do something similar- but my man Tom Brady doesn't give them his coveted sports shoe- Brady gives his professional football playing teammates all Uggs. Fluffy little Aussie boots for ALL Patriots!

6. He allegedly has an endearing pet name for all of his teammates.



He has been rumored to call all of his teammates "babe" at one time or another. As in, Great play, babe! I mean, I don't think anyone is offended by Tom Brady calling them "babe," but who knows.

7. He doesn't just hate to lose in football.

At the age of 8, Brady was playing golf with his dad and threw a golf club twice, because he hated to lose so much. We've all been there.

8. He likes Green Eggs and Ham.

...okay well he likes the man who made them up. He loves to read to his kids before bed, and when he gets to pick the books, he picks Dr. Seuss or Shel Silverstein because those are the kinds of books he enjoys- all jokes aside.

9. His motivational speeches are just as awkward as yours would be.

Just watch part of it. He tries so hard and says all the right things, but he is just as awkward as the rest of us.

10. The man made his own athletic sleepwear. Sleepwear for athletes.

It's Under Armor sleepwear, and it is just as ridiculous as it sounds. Supposedly, as the advertisement says, there is some sort of special technology to help athletes recover overnight. Like freaking magic.

11. ...And then he proceeded to make fun of it just like everyone else.

He knows it sounds ridiculous, so he got in the dang parody himself. You. Are. Welcome.

12. He's come a very long way.

He was drafted 199th, his teams throughout his pre-college career never made it to the playoffs, he really only got to play when someone got injured, and his NFL combine picture looked like this. He had the glow-up we all strive for.
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