Julian Edelman: Tom Brady Would Eat 1 Chicken Wing As Cheat Meal, Lives By Diet

It takes dedication to be the best quarterback in NFL history and play until one's age-45 season, and there is no question Tom Brady was devoted to his craft.

So devoted, in fact, that he viewed a single chicken wing as a cheat meal.

"He used to love chicken wings once in a while," former teammate Julian Edelman said, per Natasha Dye of People. "We used to have the same team meals every night before the game because we would stay in hotels and usually we'd cater the same types of foods and there'd always be some sort of chicken wing.

"And Tom would always have one chicken wing for his guilty pleasure before we would huddle off to bed."

Edelman noted Brady's diet was 80 percent vegetables and whole grains to go with 20 percent lean meats and fish.

"He does live by that diet," he said. "I'm not going to lie. He does practice what he preaches. We used to get in arguments all the time about it."

Who can argue with the results?

Brady played for 20 seasons for the New England Patriots and three seasons for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers while amassing a resume that included seven Super Bowl titles, five Super Bowl MVPs, three league MVPs, two Offensive Player of the Year awards and 15 Pro Bowl selections.

Perhaps the numbers would have been the same if he dared to eat two chicken wings during his cheat meals, but that level of success speaks for itself.