Tom Brady spent the first 18 years of his life in San Mateo, California, where he attended the same high school that also produced Lynn Swann and Barry Bonds (among others). But New England has been his primary residence since 2000, when the Patriots took him in the sixth round of the NFL Draft (you may have heard something about that). And according to the future Hall of Famer, he has no intentions of leaving the area once his career is over.
“This is where my kids were born, where they’ll be raised,” Brady said, via the Boston Herald. “I’ll be a lifer here.”
The Patriots quarterback grew up just south of San Francisco, and as legend has it, was in the stands when Dwight Clark made "The Catch."
“With all due respect to the Bay Area, there’s no better place to play than Boston,” Brady said. “When I got here, it was still very much a Red Sox town. They really dominated the headlines. We were fortunate to win in 2001 and it made people interested in football again. And we’ve had such a great run for the past 15 years.”
Brady has two children (ages 5 and 3) with wife Gisele Bundchen, and son (age 7) from a previous relationship with Bridget Moynahan. Brady and Bundchen recently sold their Los Angeles mansion and built a $4.5 million home in Brookline, Massachusetts.
