Bill Belichick

Regardless of what the task was, whether it was a coach, a player, a staff member, really any employee, it kind of fit for all of them.

And again, because we played and practiced in the same facility, as I said, it didn't matter whether it was the AFC championship game or whether it was a day in March or a day in June.

It was the same every day.

And so we strove for that consistency.

Working hard, sometimes people can come in and put in their time and check the box.

A player can come in, put on his gear, go out, run around, break a sweat, take a shower and say, well, I practiced today.

Well, but if you don't really accomplish anything, then that really is not not working hard.

It's actually we refer to it as a day off.

No days off actually means, you know, you come to work and you go to work.

You don't come to work, check the box, kill the time and then leave.

You need to be productive while you're there.

So, you know, that is really just a way of saying, yes, we're going to put in the work, but we need to accomplish the things that we set out to accomplish for that for that day and then build on those tomorrow.

Yeah, absolutely.

Let's start with Tom Brady.

Tom Brady was a fourth-string quarterback his rookie year.

He had three players ahead of him.

And, you know, he just worked his way up.

No team keeps four quarterbacks at any level, high school, college, the NFL.

It's really almost unheard of.

And he would be exhibit A. Steve Neal, you know, a guy who never played high school football, never played college football, was a wrestler before.