Tom Brady Delivers Commencement Address at Georgetown Business School

Tom Brady, the seven-time Super Bowl champion quarterback, delivered the commencement address at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business on Saturday, using his football career to illustrate lessons on overcoming adversity. His speech included several lighthearted jabs at figures from his NFL past, most notably his former coach, Bill Belichick.

After being praised by preceding speakers, Brady opened by joking about his discomfort with compliments. He said he had a coach for 20 years who told him how "shy" he was every day. Later, while urging graduates to seek out challenging people, he again referenced Belichick, describing a "cranky old coach who cuts the sleeves off his sweatshirt and screams at you all day, 'Do your job.'" He added, "Okay, that's too specific."

Brady also poked fun at other rivals, expressing gratitude to be with the graduates and their families, "even the ones who are Jets fans." Reflecting on how a career becomes defined by numbers, he listed his 23 professional seasons, seven Super Bowl wins, and three Super Bowl losses, concluding with, "Damn it, Eli Manning," a reference to the quarterback who beat him in two of those championship games.