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The spiritual approach that makes Tom Brady a champion was fully visible the morning after the Super Bowl, when he had already talked to a member of the Buccaneers coaching staff about what the Bucs can do to be better next year.
Buccaneers assistant Clyde Christensen told Rick Stroud Tampa Bay Times that Brady called him the morning after the Super Bowl, hours after he left the team’s postgame party, to talk to him about his belief that the Bucs still had room for improvement.
“He said, ‘Hey, I did not see you after the game. I just wanted to say thank you and what a wonderful journey I appreciate all you have done, ” Christensen said. The second thing he says: ‘I was just sitting here thinking, and I think we can be really better next year. I think we’re going to be a better team. ‘He was already excited about the next year. That’s great. That’s how his mind works. ”
Christensen said Brady will not allow the Bucs to rest on their laurels.
“He’s thinking about it the next morning,” Christensen said. “He was barely a few hours and he thought about it the next morning. The thing that happens is that teams are distracted. Everyone is trying to make a little more money. Everyone has something going on. Some have a small booklet agreement. They have radio programs going on. This does not happen with the Bradys or the Mannings of the world. They do not get distracted. They do not come off the track. ”
Brady turns 44 in August and he shows no sign of changing the approach that has allowed him to win Super Bowls for two decades.