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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: Tom Brady Responds to 'Deflategate' [Watch (HLS stream): Tom Brady Responds to 'Deflategate'](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/KDX7Ib7V.m3u8) (1:27)  _Published 2015-01-23. Tom Brady Responds to 'Deflategate'_ --- Jul 27, 2023 5:48 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Watch Rule Yourself Tom Brady](/video/pTWOSNgF/) ### Watch Rule Yourself Tom Brady [Know Right Now: Tom Brady Avoids NFL Suspension](/video/miZs5BCm/) ### Know Right Now: Tom Brady Avoids NFL Suspension [Tom Brady Suspended Four Games in Connection With Deflategate](/video/ForeH4E7/) ### Tom Brady Suspended Four Games in Connection With Deflategate --- ## Transcript I didn't, you know, have any you know, I didn't alter the ball in any way. I have a process that I go through before every game where I go in and I pick the balls that I want to the footballs that I want to use for the game. Our equipment guys do a great job of. Breaking the balls in. You know, they have the process that they go through. When I picked those footballs out at that point, you know, to me they're perfect. I don't want anyone touching the balls after that. I don't want anyone rubbing them. You know, putting any air in them, taking any air out. To me those balls are perfect and that's what I expect when I show up on the field. I would never do anything to break the rules. I believe in fair play and I respect the league and, you know, everything that they're doing to try to create a very competitive playing field for all the NFL teams. It's a very competitive league. You know every team is. You know, trying to do the best they can to win every week. You know, I believe in fair play and and always believe in that for as long as I'm playing. We've, we've accomplished something really special getting to this point. You know, it's, I don't like the fact that this has taken away from some of the accomplishment of you know, what we've achieved as a team. And I think you know, hopefully. Our best is, is, is still to come. So we're gonna work as hard as we can over the next 10 days to put ourselves in, you know, great position to be prepared for the game. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Tom Brady Responds to 'Deflategate'","description":"Tom Brady Responds to 'Deflategate'","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/KDX7Ib7V/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-01-23T00:00:52.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/KDX7Ib7V.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/video/KDX7Ib7V/","duration":"PT1M27S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/video/KDX7Ib7V/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}} ```