Tom Brady Quotes

We just got to capitalize in the red zone. Don't turn the ball over.

It's football. The game hasn't changed. There's not tons of new concepts every year that go in. Offense is offense; it's our job to move the ball, to score points, and keep our defense off the field.

I think the number one stat that is a direct correlation on winning and losing is turnovers.

I don't know much about football but everyone seems to say that it is all about possession.

It's always great when a defense is able to create turnovers and score. That's something we missed last year. We'd get some turnovers, but we never scored points.

Whenever we don't turn the ball over, we're pretty productive. When you're turning the ball over, you're cutting down on offensive opportunities.

There's three parts to football: offense, defense, and special teams. You'd no more ignore special teams than you would offense or defense.

Not scoring in the red zone and turning it over, man, that gets you beat.

Football, if we bring it down very simply, it's when you have the ball and when you don't.

Some people try to find things in this game that don't exist but football is only two things - blocking and tackling.

Rushing the ball is all about ball control. If you run the ball, you control the clock. If you control the clock, you usually control the game.

Big plays are such a huge factor in the outcome of games. It is so difficult to go the distance on a defense.

Sometimes in football you have to score goals.

If there's one thing I can't stand, it's a quarterback who thinks playing quarterback is just about passing.

Football is a simple game based on the giving and taking of passes, of controlling the ball and of making yourself available to receive a pass. It is terribly simple.

I think at some point during the course of the game, I will have an impact - whether it's blocking or whether it's catching the football.

You have to win games by scoring points, of course, so that's important. But when you're having nights against a good defensive team, you have to win in a different manner. You have to win a defensive-type game.

Football is like war. It's about taking territory.

You have to take care of the ball to win football games.

If you're winning and can stay on the field offensively and move the ball, that's what we want.

When you touch the ball 400 times per game, it's normal that you can lose the ball a couple of times.

I have to take care of the football, that's what it comes down to is really - just eliminating the turnovers.

Rick Neuheisel was recruiting me, and he told me something, and I'll never forget it: he said you make your money in the red zone. If you're down there, that's already three points, so don't turn the ball over. I kind of took that to heart, and I'm always very careful in the red zone.

I always say that someone who doesn't score isn't a forward.

The job of the offense is not to score points. The job of the defense is not to stop the other team from scoring points.