You Have to Earn It - Tom Brady

I didn't have an easy experience. I didn't have come in as a top rated recruit. I didn't come in with the opportunity to play right away. I had to earn it. And you know what the greatest honor I've ever received as a player is? In my fourth year and my fifth year, I was named team captain. That to this day is the single greatest achievement I've ever had as a football player. Because the men in this room chose me to lead their team. And these were my best friends. These were the guys that. That knew that I liked to work, that knew that I loved football, that knew that I loved to play, that knew that I wanted to be the quarterback for Michigan. And all the lessons that I learned here on State street and in the big house, that's still what I bring to practice today. And after 14 years, I loved the game more than I've ever loved it. But where did I learn to love for the game? Where did I learn to practice? Where did I learn to compet. It was sitting in the same chairs that you guys are sitting in today.