Tom Brady gets 100% real on his hyper competitiveness during legendary 23-year NFL career - "Part of me was a psychopath"

Tom Brady is the most accomplished player in NFL history, having won seven Super Bowl rings and 10 conference championships with two different teams. He also owns many records among quarterbacks.

He recently joined the Impaulsive podcast and discussed what made him such a great player. He credited his competitiveness as one of the biggest driving factors to his success and detailed just how much it impacted his lifestyle.

Brady explained:

"There was a part of me that was a psychopath out there. I was extremely hyper-competitive every day. I didn't just feel like, 'Let's get to Sunday and now is the time.' Like, every day was the time. Every day is the time to give your best, and even if it's just practice, do your best in practice, and I learned that in college. If I didn't do my best in practice, I wasn't going to play on the weekend, because there was no entitlement."

Tom Brady added that a constant focus on improvements, including having no real days off, gave him the ultimate edge.

"I had to work hard to prove to my teammates, 'Hey, I'm ready to go.' I gotta be there, I gotta show up, I gotta be ready. I gotta treat this game like it matters more than anything. Well, when my teammates feel that, guess who else has to raise the bar? My teammates, because I'm bringing the juice every day. So that's what leaders do. Leaders don't have days off, they show up every day."

Brady's leadership had a major influence on the New England Patriots' two-decade dynasty.

Tom Brady proved his methods with unmatched winning

Tom Brady winning

Tom Brady proved his methods worked by winning at a level that no other player has. Prior to spending the final three seasons of his career with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, he spent the first 20 years with the New England Patriots.

He never once had a losing season during their dynastic run and appeared in the Super Bowl in nearly half of his total seasons. He also played at an elite level well into his 40s, which has never really been done before by any other quarterback. He led the NFL in passing in his age-44 season, a year after winning his seventh Super Bowl ring.