Tom Brady Named 2021 Sports Illustrated Athlete of the Year – CBS Boston
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (CBS) – Tom Brady continues to win many awards, despite being 44 years old.
After leading the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to a Super Bowl win in his first season and leading himself to the MVP award in his second campaign since leaving the Patriots, Brady was named the Sports Illustrated 2021. Sportsman of the Year.
This is Brady’s second time winning the title. This one comes out 16 years after he first brought it home in 2005.
In a lengthy post about the quarterback, Brady talked about why he seems to have put himself in the public eye more than during his Patriots tenure.
“I’m rediscovering my voice,” he said, “and I’m happy with it.”
Although Brady told Sports Illustrated he doesn’t deny that part of the reason is he’s left Patriots culture behind, he also says some of it is down to his age.
“I think there is also more comfort as an older man. My give-as-a level is probably a lot less. I was like, OK, what will it be like 10 years from now? I really wouldn’t give… like that,” Brady told Sports Illustrated.
Only Brady, Tiger Woods and LeBron James have won the Player of the Year award multiple times.
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