Tom Brady was tapped as the commencement speaker for Georgetown University’s business school graduation, and he gave his speech the only way Brady would know how.The seven-time Super Bowl champion was praised highly by those who spoke before him, prompting Brady to quickly crack a joke seemingly about his former head coach Bill Belichick.”I don’t do well with compliments. I had a coach for 20 years tell me how sh—y I was every day,” Brady said.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMBrady said he was “grateful” to be with the graduates and their loved ones, “even the ones who are [New York] Jets fans.””Sitting here looking out at this crowd of amazing business majors, I realized something – sports was a very strange way to make a living. People screamed at me all the time, they gambled on my performance, and they celebrated all my failures. One way that sports is a lot like business, though, is that when you do it long enough, your life gets defined by numbers. Twenty-three, that was the number of pro seasons I played. Seven, those were my Super Bowl wins. Three, those were the Super Bowl losses. Damn it, Eli Manning,” Brady continued.The thesis of Brady’s commencement, though, was battling through adversity and never quitting, and the best way for Brady to tell his motivational message was by telling the story of his Super Bowl LI comeback against the Atlanta Falcons.Brady mentioned the number 99.7, saying if something happens 99.7% of the time, it is a “foregone conclusion.” When Brady began to tell the story of the comeback, he warned the audience of potential adult language.”I was an athlete, so you might feel like you’re in a locker room a little bit,” Brady said.Brady then mentioned how the Falcons had a 99.7% chance of winning the Super Bowl when they led 28-3 late in the third quarter.”Not exactly how I thought the way things would go when I woke up that morning,” he said.”But you know what? It happens sometimes. You guys are going to see that. You’re going to think you’re better than your competition, you’re going to work really hard and it’s still not going to go the way you want. You’re going to find yourself on the short end of that 99.7% wondering just how the hell you got there.””Overcoming fear and doubt in the face of those challenges is where you’re going to gain the confidence to make your best choices when things aren’t going the way you want,” he continued. “When the odds are stacked against you, when you’re facing your own 28-3 moment, and believe me it’s coming, you have a choice to make: to quit or to fight your a— off.FORMER NFL DEFENSIVE END JOSH MAURO DIED FROM FENTANYL, COCAINE AND ETHANOL OVERDOSE: REPORT”The choice seems pretty obvious, and it’s easier said than done. I mean, why spend all that energy fighting when it’s virtually certain you’ll lose? Why not quit and live to fight another day? Well, sometimes, there isn’t another day. Super Bowl LI, there was no other da
Tom Brady cracks jokes about ‘cranky’ Bill Belichick, Jets, Eli Manning in motivational commencement speech
