Super Bowl Still Special For Tom Brady
CHANDLER, Ariz. (CBS) -- Tom Brady is a three-time Super Bowl champion, a two-time Super Bowl MVP, a two-time NFL MVP. When his career ends, he will without question be considered one of the greatest quarterbacks to ever play the sport.
He's accomplished just about everything there is to accomplish, yet he made it clear on Monday that he hasn't forgotten where he came from.
Brady fielded a wide variety of questions at the Patriots team hotel shortly after the team arrived in Arizona for Super Bowl XLIX. A number of them focused on Brady's chance to win a fourth Super Bowl, something only Terry Bradshaw and Joe Montana have done before him at the quarterback position.
"Well, it's very flattering, any time you're mentioned with great players and guys that I idolized growing up," Brady said. "I don't ever see myself on that level. I can be a pretty tough critic of myself. I respect all the guys who played this game before me, I understand how challenging it is to play the position."
Despite the fact that he'll be playing in his sixth Super Bowl -- more than any quarterback in the sport's history -- the moment is not lost on him.
"To have an opportunity to play in this game is really unbelievable. I never thought I'd have the experience of playing in one of these. To think that it's my sixth time is ... I can't imagine that that was ever ... I didn't think I'd ever play anything professionally. Certainly, to make it to the Super Bowl is a pretty amazing experience to do it once. To do it six times is very, very special."
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