"It's the highest pressure": Tom Brady draws comparison between NFL and Olympics preparation

NFL legend Tom Brady explained how different the preparations for the league and the Olympic Games are. During Monday's episode of the "Let's Go!" podcast, the seven-time Super Bowl champion talked with legendary rapper Snoop Dogg, who served as a special correspondent at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.

Brady touched on how much pressure Olympic athletes must feel compared to NFL players. Brady said that a group plays every year while others have a shot at the biggest honor in the world of sports only every four years.

"I mean, I think some of them started when they were 11, 12, years old, maybe younger. And it was just they're so focused on what they need to do, on such like a singular discipline. And I can imagine every day going to work on these specific moves, to really come down to this certain moment in time that they get a chance to perform.

He added:

"And there's, you know, there's one shot, and they're like, it's the highest pressure, even in football. Man, we get 16, 17, weeks to go out there and figure it out. Now you get to the playoffs, it's a little different story, but you got four quarters. You could make a bad player too. But when you're trying to win a gold medal, you don't, you don't get a backup.

"You get one shot. And if you take advantage, great if you don't. Man, you just spent four years of her life, and that'd be a tough thing to swallow." (3:37 mark)

Tom Brady, who played 23 seasons in the NFL, must know a thing or two about the challenges that players go through to perform at the highest level. If that isn't enough, he traveled to Paris to watch some of the best athletes in the world firsthand during the Olympics.

Tom Brady followed closely by Fox Sports during first year as analyst

After his adventure around Europe, Tom Brady entered a new chapter in his life, becoming an analyst after signing a historic $375 million deal with Fox Sports. After 12 weeks of the 2024 NFL season, Brady has improved his work as an analyst, but he still has room to grow.

John Ourand wrote in his "Puck" newsletter that the network is following Brady's steps closely and offering feedback constantly as they try to make the former quarterback change the focus from leadership to more in-depth analysis and tactical breakdowns during broadcasts.