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Right of way: Tom Brady navigates the fast lane on the sports highway by staying grounded in family values, heeding an insecurity that leaves him with an insatiable drive to succeed--and refusing to get caught up in his own celebrity.(Cover Story)

The Sporting News

| December 13, 2004 | Attner, Paul | COPYRIGHT 2004 Sporting News Publishing Co. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

The David Letterman folks have courted Tom Brady for years. Why not? He's the quarterback of the winningest team in sports, and maybe just as important, he is glamorous and handsome. with the most photographed chin dimple in the NFL. So in November he finally agrees to appear on their show, and they supply a limo to drive him from his suburban Boston home to New York. But before you start thinking "another spoiled athlete" and conjure up images of handlers and glittery hangers-on, consider who accompanies him: two of his three sisters and two California buddies he has known since he was 11. And consider this, too: He never tells his parents about the Letterman gig because ...

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