TOM Brady revealed how he will deal with expectations as a Fox NFL rookie.
The seven-time Super Bowl champion is expected to replace Greg Olsen, 39, as the NFL’s top color analyst for the 2024 season.
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Brady, 46, signed a 10-year, $375 million contract to join the Fox Sports broadcast team.
Many sportscasters have said the retired quarterback’s well-documented competitiveness will make him thrive behind the microphone.
On Monday’s appearance on The Herd with Colin Cowherd, the former New England Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers star was asked if his need for competition was the reason behind his media venture.
And Brady said he will approach his new job with a different mindset than how he navigated his NFL career.
“There are definitely parts of me that are hyper-competitive – I certainly was as a player and as an athlete,” he said.
“I loved that competition, I savored it every day.
“I didn’t care if it was training, if it was a game, if it was ping pong, if we were playing trashketball in the locker room.
“There are other parts where I feel like I’ve matured a little bit and I don’t necessarily need to be absolutely competitive about everything.
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“It’s a little more selective… Certainly, as a broadcaster, I don’t think for me it’s about competition.
“I think for me it’s about, ‘Did I put everything I could into this? Did I give the fans everything they expected?’
“That’s how I’m going to end up evaluating myself.
“I’m going to have to look at myself at the end of every Sunday night and say, ‘Did I do a good enough job?
“‘Did I live up to the belief Fox had in me? I lived up to the expectations of my teammates Kevin Burkhardt and Erin [Andrews] and Tom [Rinaldi] …and our entire truck?’
“Ultimately, this is how I will judge myself in this new role.”
Brady confirmed he would join Fox’s core NFL broadcast team alongside Kevin Burkhardt, Erin Andrews and Tom Rinaldi.
However, Olsen — who has been part of the network’s A-team for the past few years — recently suggested he wasn’t interested in being anything other than the main color announcer.
“My aspirations are still to be the No. 1 analyst, whether at Fox or elsewhere,” he said. Reception Sports.
“That will never change as long as I do this. I’m not just happy to be there.
“I’m not just happy to have a place. I want the highest place, and I want it whenever the opportunity allows, and I will never stop working for it.
“I feel more motivated to do it now than ever before.”
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