To me, football is so much about mental toughness, it's digging deep, it's doing whatever you need to do to help a team win and that comes in a lot of shapes and forms.

This is really a dream come true. To be the starting quarterback in the Super Bowl is probably the highlight of my life.

Football is a contact sport and there's a lot that goes into it. But I have committed myself for a long time to doing it, and because I love doing it so much I want to make that commitment.

I've always been privileged to play for Coach Belichick, who I've always said is the best coach in the history of the league.

I think so highly of people who love their sport and make a really strong commitment to it.

I'm not a person who defends myself very often. I kind of let my actions speak for me.

That taught me how to work harder. I learned all about mental toughness on the practice field. If things weren't working out for me in high school, in college, early in my pro career, my solution was always to work harder and internalize. That way, whenever I got an opportunity, I was always prepared. See, there are a lot of guys who are all talk. They say they want to work harder and be the best, but they never pay the price. I love paying the price.