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Our Opinion: That X factor

Love him or hate him, but please partake in what was shear beauty on Sunday night.

You have to be fascinated in this world we live in… in what a human being such as Tom Brady can accomplish on a daily basis.

Look no further than YouTube, and not the MTV folly video show Ridiculousness, to understand what we are saying.

It’s utterly fascinating when a human being can come along, and albeit throw a football, but to do a job, or play a game, or make decisions, or whatever it may be, that is that much better than the average man.

And that much better than everyone else he’s playing against, and possibly everyone else who has ever lived.

How did Tom Brady get to be this way?

Was it utter work ethic, or was it that “X factor” inside of him that started to burn at a young age, when at seemingly every turn he was told he was not good enough, or drafted high enough, or depended upon early enough?

Again, utterly fascinating, what makes an athlete such as Michael Jordan, that much better than everyone he ever steps on the court or field or in the business room with or against.

It’s what human beings are capable of that is most fascinating.

According to an SI.com article from 2014:

“When Rodney Harrison played with Brady, the safety showed up at 6:40 a.m. to lift weights. “Good afternoon,” Brady said to him. So the next day Harrison showed up at 6:30. “Good afternoon.” Then 6:20. Then 6:10. Then 6. “Good afternoon” each time, until Harrison finally said, “I’m not coming in any earlier.”

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