NFL legend Tom Brady hopes viewers enjoy his unique style when he makes his debut on Fox Sports.
The seven-time Super Bowl champion will call games from the Fox booth next season.
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Brady signed a ten-year, $375 million contract with the network giants in 2022.
He will work primetime games alongside lead announcer Kevin Burkhardt.
Brady spent 23 seasons in the NFL but has no prior broadcasting experience.
And the GOAT is eager to shed his serious side when behind the mic.
“The important part for me will be how I continue to make it fun for people to enjoy the viewing experience,” Brady told Jimmy Traina’s Sports Illustrated Media Podcast.
“Sometimes I get a little too serious because I see myself as ‘quarterback Tom Brady’ instead of ‘let’s enjoy a great football game, Tom Brady.’
“Sometimes I get a little too critical. So I’m trying to make sure I have the right tone.”
Brady was known as a leader on the field, but admits broadcasting is “out of his comfort zone.”
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“I was tough on my teammates, I was fiery and competitive,” he continued.
“I’m very specific about how I think the game should be played and I want to see the game evolve and grow.”
Earlier this week, Brady was inducted into the New England Patriots Hall of Fame.
His iconic number 12 jersey was retired by the franchise after winning six Super Bowl titles at Gillette Stadium.
Brady cried on stage as he gave an emotional speech to hundreds of his former teammates.
“Your mission was to protect me and like Dante [Scarnecchia] he always said, ‘Brady wouldn’t be able to get out of his sight in two days,’ he said.
“You were the backbone of this team.
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“When you have a chance to go from 8 to 9 and all it’s going to cost you is your wife and your kids, you gotta do what you gotta do.”
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“People said that Tom and I fought a lot, and in some ways that was true.
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“Tom, good luck buying the Raiders. They already did what you liked best: they got rid of Jimmy Garoppolo.”
Roberto Kraft
“Everyone asks me which ring is my favorite. I used to say, ‘Next.’ But now that I’m retired, my favorite ring is the camera that caught Coach Belichick leaving that poor girl’s house at 6 a.m. a few months ago.”
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“There were rumors that Coach Belichick would be here tonight. Turns out he has some time on his hands. Look, at least when I got fired, someone else wanted me.”
Drew Bledsoe
“And your tireless efforts to protect me allowed me to do my best. Thank you.”
Brady has already proven he can speak his mind after criticizing the quality of the NFL last fall.
The 46-year-old appeared on The Stephen A. Smith Show last November and aired his grievances about the league.
“I think there’s a lot of mediocrity in today’s NFL. I don’t see the excellence I saw in the past”, he told Smith.
“I don’t think the training is as good as it used to be, I don’t think the development is as good as it used to be.
“The rules allowed many bad habits to influence actual game performance.
“I just think the product, in my opinion, is less than it was.”
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