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Oprah's Super Soul

Tom Brady: How to Reach Peak Performance

Oprah's Super Soul

Oprah

Society & Culture

4.632.9K Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2021

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

In a rare interview from 2018, superstar quarterback Tom Brady, often called “the greatest quarterback of all-time,” reveals what he believes is the key to his longevity and success. At the time of this interview, he was 40 years old. Brady discusses his #1 New York Times best-selling book, The TB12 Method, what he still wants to accomplish and his approach to mind, body and spiritual balance. Tom also shares how he found resilience after the headline-grabbing “deflategate” controversy, and how he and his team chose to address NFL players taking a knee during the national anthem. Plus, his supermodel wife Gisele Bündchen stops by to support her husband as he talks about parenting, marriage and his childhood. Tom Brady will be first quarterback in NFL history to play in 10 Super Bowls after Super Bowl LV on February 7, 2021.

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0:00.0

I'm Oprah Winfrey. Welcome to Super Soul Conversations, the podcast. I believe that one of

0:07.5

the most valuable gifts you can give yourself is time, taking time to be more fully present.

0:16.0

Your journey to become more inspired and connected to the deeper world around us starts right

0:23.0

now.

0:25.0

So thanks for joining me in my backyard.

0:27.1

I love it. I love it. I want to move in.

0:30.3

You can. I think we can find some space for you under an oak someplace. So you know the

0:34.1

world is so fascinated by you, Tom Brady. You kind of get that, right?

0:39.1

I think I'm growing into it more and more. Yeah, I mean I was so fortunate to do something

0:44.9

I love to do and you know it's televised every Sunday for half the year. So yeah.

0:50.7

You know people love football and I've been able to kind of be in people's homes in that

0:54.6

way for a long time and really enjoyed my career.

0:58.3

I think it's that people, it's more than of course people love football. We, you know,

1:03.3

we are countries fanatical about football and sports. But there's something about winning,

1:11.9

being a winner and what that says. And if you watch people when they're watching sports,

1:17.2

there's something ultimately spiritual in it because people get to see their team rise

1:24.4

to be the best of themselves and there's something about watching people be the best of

1:28.5

themselves. Yeah. That makes those of us who can't do that feel the best somewhere

1:34.9

the best of ourselves. Yeah. Sports has such a great sense of community. And you know

1:40.1

you get to root for these teams and when I was a boy growing up in California I rooted

1:43.9

for these teams and it was everything. I wore the jerseys. If I was lucky enough to go

1:47.4

to the game and went to the games and I cheered so hard and when San Francisco 49ers won

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