Tom Brady: 10th Super Bowl Is 'Pretty Surreal ... I Still Get to Live My Dream'

Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady is heading to his 10th Super Bowl after Sunday's 31-26 win over the Green Bay Packers in the NFC Championship Game, which he called "surreal" while speaking to Peter King of NBC Sports.

Brady reflected on his career Sunday evening:

"It's been an interesting life for me, you know? I still get to do something I love to do and certainly don't take anything for granted. Just grateful to everyone who supports me. And obviously my wife, my kids. Nobody can do anything in life without incredible support. Grateful to my parents, for being raised the right way. The commitment they showed. And my friends over the years. I think man, I've accomplished all of these things and I think for me the best part is sharing it with everybody else and just seeing videos of my kids jumping around and my friends jumping around. It makes it all so special for me and worth everything because I still get to live my dream. It's an amazing feeling."

As for whether getting to the Super Bowl with Tampa Bay is more or less special than his trips with the New England Patriots over the course of his first 20 seasons, Brady wouldn't go there.

"It's hard to compare—it's not worth it comparing any of that to me. It doesn't really matter. It's an incredible feeling and to win a conference championship is incredible. To win a Super Bowl championship is one of the great feelings in the world. But they don't give these away. Obviously, everything's different this year, with us being at home. I'm sure it'll feel like just another game, although we all know it's just not another game."

Brady's run of success is incredible. No player in NFL history has matched his 10 Super Bowl trips or six championships. Only one franchise has more Super Bowl appearances (the Patriots, with 11).

This may not have been Brady's best year, but in many ways, it's his most impressive. He joined a new franchise in a season complicated by the COVID-19 pandemic, and he has led the Buccaneers to the Super Bowl while throwing for 4,633 yards and 40 touchdowns—the fifth-best and second-best marks of his career, respectively.

Consider the past two weeks: The Bucs went on the road and knocked off the New Orleans Saints and Packers, the two top seeds in the NFC. No small feat.

Brady has an excellent supporting cast on offense and a stout defense to help the cause. That defense bailed him out Sunday, giving up just six points after his three second-half interceptions. But Brady keeps finding a way into Super Bowls.

He's the GOAT. Now he'll try to topple the NFL's best player at the moment, Patrick Mahomes, and the Kansas City Chiefs.