“It’s not my fault”: Tom Brady exposes disturbing disease in the teams Originally appeared on Sports Athlon.
Tom Brady played in the NFL for 23 years, and although he can be withdrawn now, he knows very well what it takes to succeed in professional football.
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TB12 is a Super Bowl champion seven times and is undoubtedly the biggest NFL player of all time. Brady, who was selected in total in total by the New England Patriots in the 2000 draft, is also a triple MVP, a member six times All-Pro, a bowler at 15 times and a double offensive player of the year.
Brady certainly experienced the ups and downs of the NFL, and Thursday, he shared a major lesson he learned – including a cultural “disease” that prevails among the sports teams.
Tom Brady speaks on the disease of “it’s not my fault”
In his Last Bulletin 199Brady has discussed what he has learned over the years on the development of a culture and why it is so important. He used his experience to play for different teams – from his collegial years to Michigan in his time with the patriots and the Buccaneers of Tampa Bay.
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According to Brady, teams need “good people” and “good values” to develop a winning culture. Although it seems simple, the NFL icon stressed that the two should go hand in hand.
“All this may seem quite simple and obvious, but dedicated and well -intentioned teams who really care about culture are stumbled all the time by people who say They embrace good values but do not really embody them, “said Brady.” It’s one thing to say that you believe in all good things, it’s another to live them day after day. “”
Brady then highlighted the importance of responsibility, noting that team leaders should promote it.
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The NFL icon, Tom Brady, led the New England Patriots to six titles from the Super Bowl.
“If we were really going to have a culture of responsibility, the coaches had to be able to coach me and criticize my game if it was not at the level, just as they would do until the 53rd man on the list,” added Brady. “I had to be willing to accept their criticisms, which I have always been.”
According to Brady, there have been several cases where there are “different sets of rules” for “ordinary guys” and for “stars or leaders”. Although it is something with which teams can get away when they win, he said it was “fatal” in the face of “sustained adversity”.
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“It is also at this time that” it’s not my fault “comes into play,” said Brady. “It is so easy to point the blame against others when things are not doing well and culture is not aligned, especially the more you get in a sport or an organization or an industry.”
He added: “You have so many people around who you are empowering – your agent, your parents, your other significant – and their instinct when you lose a game, say, is to tell you that the blame resides elsewhere. It is never your fault. And you will want to believe them. They mean, they try to support you, but in the end, they help you do organization.
Brady offers advice on culture development
Discussing the application of what he discussed, Brady stressed that the construction of a strong culture should be at the center of the teams so that it becomes “self -sufficient”.
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“Of course, at the beginning, the culture of an organization tends to be defined mainly by the people who have gathered with the values you are looking for,” said 48 -year -old legend.
“But as the organization grows and culture matures, and people are starting to go up or go away, what remains values. They become the decisive characteristics of culture, not people.”
Brady also looked at his time in the NFL, sharing that he did not want new players to join his teams because of him. Instead, he “wanted them to enter because we did things the right way”.
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This story was initially reported by Sports Athlon On August 8, 2025, where he appeared for the first time.
