Tom Brady
The Commander
Decision under pressure, front of house, leads visibly from the front.
Tom Brady reads as The Commander because his authority travelled with him rather than with any system. Seven Super Bowl victories across three different coaching staffs proved his leadership was self-generated, not scheme-dependent.
“It's only with people that I care about. Obviously, I think a lot of people, it's like, if I didn't yell at you, it's because I didn't care about you. But I think that's different forms of motivation. I've been around a lot of guys, a lot of guys. Some guys don't like to be yelled at. Some guys like to be tormented in a way.”
“I think our marriage, and just like their marriage, a lot of marriage, you work at your marriage. It's not something you mail it in. And I think if you're going to be good at it, You got to work at it every day. And there's times where you don't see eye to eye.”
“I think it's those experiences that you have that become a part of who you are. And the hardest experiences, because it was never... I would say given to me. There were opportunities presented to me, but it wasn't like I think in some ways we're doing disservice to the kids today.”
“I think I have curiosities in many ways and I think a lot of it is learning and loving to learn and I think since I was a kid just loving the experience of learning new things learning how they impact my life learning how they impact my relationships you know how they impact me on a daily basis so my wife would say we're spiritual beings…”
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