Former Patriots quarterback Tom Brady took part in his first on-air appearance during the UFL’s Championship Game recently, and last week he spoke with Colin Cowherd on the most recent The Herd with Colin Cowherd podcast on his experience.
During the interview, Brady spoke about how his approach is similar to how he felt on the field, where he was never satisfied with himself and was always looking for improvement.
“I also think there’s still so much more room for improvement,” said Brady if when asked if he felt there was a difference from his most recent appearance to his previous work behind the scenes. “It’s almost like when I was a player, I never felt like I did things the right way. There were games where I’d go in afterward and think, ‘God, I’m the worst quarterback in the NFL. Why would they even want me to play quarterback for this team?’ I’m sure I’m going to feel that way here at Fox, where I finish a game and I go, ‘God, I didn’t even give them what they wanted.’ It’s a very challenging thing in your own mind.”
“I’ve asked a few people, ‘How do you know that you did a good job?’ I think for me, so much of this is going to come down to the preparation. Did I feel like I was prepared? Did I feel like our crew was prepared? Did I give them the best over the course of the week so that we could give ourselves the best opportunity to be successful for the fans? Because really, the game is the show. We’re there to add our take on it and our analysis. But it’s also, did we feel like we added to the broadcast?”
“From my standpoint, I’m going to work as hard as I can in the process of it to make sure that I do deliver because I don’t want to let anyone down. I don’t want to let the people at Fox down. I certainly don’t want to let the great NFL fans down, either.”
Another thing he mentioned as he moves on to his next chapter is the fact he plans on being more efficient with his time, focusing on trying to work on only the things that will make his on-air performance better as he tries to balance family against his new career.
“I really want to be efficient with my time to make sure the time I am spending preparing is really worth it,” said Brady. “I’m working on the things that are actually going to add to the broadcast rather than just working on things to work on them that will actually never come up.”
(Editor’s Note: Portions of the above appeared in this morning’s Patriots news and notes column.)
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