Tom Brady knows what it’s like to idolize football players as a kid.
When he was a boy growing up a San Francisco 49ers fan in Northern California, his heroes were Joe Montana, Steve Young, and Jerry Rice. As he grew older and started playing football at the high school and then the collegiate levels himself, he continued to follow the NFL closely, hoping that one day all his hard work and dedication would bring him to the pros where he’d have the chance to carve out a career for himself and inspire a new generation of football players.