Based on years of in-depth reporting and sources from every corner of his life, Brady is the definitive biography of the life, career, and retirement of one of football’s most legendary figures, Tom Brady.
New York Times best-selling author and Sports Illustrated journalist Lars Anderson plunges into Tom Brady’s childhood to discover the origins of what Brady would later describe as his “sickness”: His category-five obsession with the game. The obsession dictated every choice Brady would make in his life, from what foods he put into his mouth to how he managed his day-to-day schedule to how he viewed his role as a father and husband to supermodel Gisele Bündchen.
From over 350 original interviews with people who knew Brady both on and off the field, Anderson paints a detailed psychological portrait of Brady, a self-described loner whose life was defined by discipline, resilience, a fascination with preparation, an intolerance for wasted time, a relentless pursuit of the extraordinary. What he found was a man riddled with contradiction and a man defined by both a prolific career of unmatched successes on the field, and the agony of realizing the true cost of greatness in his personal life.
Brady: An American Story and the Price of Greatness is a comprehensive view of the life of the most accomplished player in the history of America’s game. Anderson digs deep behind the headlines to provide a richly detailed answer to one of the most vexing questions in sports: Who, really, is Tom Brady?
