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This is what I love about him and what seperates him from most great players who purport to be leaders...he will beat himself up and allow Bill to beat him up in order to show the other egos in the room that he respects coaching, and considering he's a lock HOF'er they damn well better accept/respect coaching too.
Brady: 'I do whatever I need to do' - Extra Points - Boston.com
On comments that the team needs to listen to Bill Belichick: "The point is, we do have the best coach, probably in the history of the NFL. He's got the answers and when he comes in and talks to us on a Monday morning, and says, 'This is what we need to do to win.' And then he does that the next Monday morning, talking about the game, and says, 'Well, I gave you six things, we did one of them.' Obviously it's very frustrating for everyone. Me included. There's games where he says, 'Listen, this is a turnover-driven team. We can't have turnovers, because they're going to capitalize, they've done that all season long, they're plus-12 in turnovers, they've scored this many points off of them.' And of course, I go out there on the first drive and fumble the ball.' I always include myself. I'm at the top of the list, I have to have a great season in order for our team to be productive, along with everybody else. But the only person I can control is myself. And there's not a day that goes by that I don't think about the way the season ended last year. ... We've got a tough road ahead like we always do. We've got three weeks of practice in June, we've got six weeks of practice in July and August to get to the point where we're ready to play in September. We've added plenty of new people, new coaches, like we do every year. Everybody that needs to come together, it takes every single guy on the team. All of us, we need to do a better job of leadership. And I was one of the leaders last year and obviously I sucked at doing that. So I've got to do a better job of that, I've got to do a better job of playing quarterback. And that's what I'm prepared to do." (Updated 8:13 a.m.)
Brady: 'I do whatever I need to do' - Extra Points - Boston.com