Tom Brady Quotes

I feel that a lot of people say that your best passing attack is having a good run game. I couldn't agree more with that.

You take your shots when you have them, and I threw a lot of touchdowns, but I'm always going to take care of the football in the red zone.

You've got one football and a lot of times, defenses dictate where the ball goes.

I don't go into a game thinking I'm going to run more than I'm going to pass. So it just depends on what the defense is going to bring in the situation of the game and what happens that play.

It's good to be able to run and have a balanced offense. They've got to be worried about both things. They can't just focus on the run game or the passing game and have us locked down that way. So when you have balance, good things are going to happen on offense.

Look at Baltimore back in 2000. They had an outstanding defense. They could run the ball, and they had a quarterback that didn't turn it over that much. I think that is a plan that can bring you great success.

Coach Kiffin calls plays based on matchups and what he sees.

I have to open the game from my position. It's really important to play with the ball.

When you have a lot of ball possession, you have a lot of ball possession to create chances, not to play the ball around and not score.

While it's great for a quarterback to have athletic ability, his goal is to get the ball out of his hand, orchestrate the offense and not allow his ability to stand in the way of the offense running efficiently.

Everyone wants to score goals - that's the point of football - but you have to look at the whole situation in detail.

Every week you go in and hope that you have production in the passing game and also in the running game.

We have what we call a dictator offense. We dictate to defenses by making them do what we want them to do. And we do it by creating formations.

Third down is a big thing with a quarterback: pinpoint accuracy, making good decisions.

Spalletti made a difference for me. He gives great importance to the details and, at minimum, wants the goalkeeper to know how to play with the ball at his feet.

As a player I was taught the importance of working four or five passes within your team and then stretching the play. That's something I believe in strongly as a coach.

Sometimes in midfield, it's nice because you do get a little bit more of the ball, and maybe out wide you rely on people to get you the ball.

If I have the ball in my hands, I'll make a play. If don't, I'll try to get in position to make a play. I think that's what it comes down to.

The main thing is I've tried to get better at everything - that includes the attacking side, being a threat, and taking people on.

I think there are different kinds of quarterbacks, and if you look at any offense, there are different kind of quarterbacks, but you play to the strengths of whoever the quarterback is for the team.

That's what we're here for as quarterbacks is to help our team win, lead the offense down the field and put points on the board.

I like to control the ball and analyse the game.

You can play just as offensively with one striker as with two.

I like to be in contact with the ball, have possession, to play.

Carrying the ball is one of the strongest points in my game and I like to be a danger on the pitch.