Tom Brady played more than 300 NFL games over a 23-year career and won seven Super Bowl rings, the most in league history. His success is attributed less to championships and more to preparation and a mindset that treats every game as potentially the last. He described Super Bowl 51 in 2017, when the Patriots trailed the Falcons 28-3 and win probability models gave them a 0.3% chance to win. He emphasized that facing a “28 to 3 moment” requires choosing to fight rather than quit. He connected the lesson to careers and life, where defining opportunities may come once. He said success depends on preparing in advance to handle adversity, and the Patriots completed the largest Super Bowl comeback by winning 34-28 in overtime.
"When the odds are stacked against you, when you're facing your own 28 to 3 moment-and believe me, it's coming-you will have a choice to make: to quit or to fight your ass off,"
"Well, sometimes there isn't another day. Super Bowl 51, there was no other day. That was it,"
"With a lot of the most important moments in your lives, when you have a chance to do something truly special, it's going to be the same way. You may only get one chance to impress your boss or land a promotion. Or to close a deal or not. So what then?"
"You better have prepared yourself in advance to deal with the adversity you're gonna face in order to give yourself the best chance to succeed,"
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