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Patriots star Tom Brady inspired Spurs talisman Harry Kane

Reflecting on his path to Tottenham’s first team, Harry Kane said Tom Brady was his source of motivation after a difficult period.

TOTTENHAM STRIKER HARRY Kane revealed how New England Patriots and NFL icon Tom Brady inspired him to become one of the most lethal strikers in world football.

Brady is a future NFL Hall of Famer, having won five Super Bowl rings, four Super Bowl MVPs and three regular-season MVPs among other accolades.

However, it was a long way to the top for the Patriots quarterback after he was overlooked in the 2000 NFL Draft – eventually taken with the 199th pick in the sixth round.

The rest is history.

As for Kane, he is the two-time reigning Premier League Golden Boot winner, while he already tops the charts this season with 22 goals amid reported interest from Spanish and European champions Real Madrid.

Kane faced similar hurdles to Brady, after he was released by Arsenal as a youngster before he was snapped up by London rivals Tottenham following a spell in Watford’s youth academy.

After progressing through Tottenham’s ranks, the 24-year-old was then loaned out to Leyton Orient, Millwall, Norwich and Leicester City – where he endured a difficult period.

Reflecting on his path to Tottenham’s first team, England international Kane said Brady was his source of motivation after questioning his ability.

“I was sitting in my flat again — and at the time I was really getting into the NFL,” Kane wrote for The Players’ Tribune.

“If I wasn’t training, then I was playing Madden or watching New England Patriots videos on YouTube. So one day, I happened to stumble on this documentary on Tom Brady. And it’s all about the six quarterbacks who were taken before him in the NFL draft.

“Turns out, Tom Brady was the 199th pick in his draft class. Imagine that. It just blew my mind — but in a good way.

“The film really struck a chord with me. Everyone was doubting Tom his whole life. Even when he got to college the coaches were trying to replace him with another quarterback.

“They showed this picture of him being weighed by the scouts before the NFL draft, and he’s got his shirt off … and it’s so funny, because he’s just looking like a regular guy, you know?

“And this one coach says, ‘We’re looking at this Brady kid, and he’s tall and gangly, and he looks like he’s never even seen a weight room’.

“He reminded me of me. People were always making the same assumptions about me. ‘Well, you know, he doesn’t look like a proper striker’.

“It was genuinely inspiring to me. Brady believed in himself so much — and he just kept working and working, almost obsessively, in order to get better. It really connected with me.

“This might sound strange, but it really was like this light flicked on inside my head that day, right there on my sofa in Leicester — and all of a sudden, I said, ‘You know what? I’m going to do it. I’m going to work as hard as possible, and my chance is going to come, and I’m going to grab it’.”

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    Feb 21st 2019, 12:04 PM

    Surely he shouldn’t be admitting this?

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    Feb 21st 2019, 1:32 PM

    @Declan Snow: 100% should receive a one match ban. For doing it and even more for being so open and proud of it.

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    Feb 21st 2019, 12:05 PM

    Why would you come out and admit doing this…!!

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    Feb 21st 2019, 12:16 PM

    1 1 in Germany with 5 mins to go and every Liverpool player should go down holding their leg.

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    Feb 22nd 2019, 8:23 AM

    @Dan: no point doing that when it’s 3-1 to Bayern you gimp

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    Feb 21st 2019, 12:08 PM

    Did he also reveal that water is wet? Cue the outrage. Even though every team does it

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    Feb 21st 2019, 1:38 PM

    Iv said it before if a players goes down and match has to be stopped, they should have to go off for a minimum period of time say 3 minutes. See how quickly all this would stop.

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    Feb 21st 2019, 5:15 PM

    @Cormac Flanagan: and what about genuine cases? Want the oppositions star striker off for 3 minutes? “Accidentally stand on his toes at a corner….

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    Feb 21st 2019, 6:58 PM

    @Ted Logan: if it’s genuine then he will require time for treatment anyway. Or be substituted. And if the star striker gets targeted it’s up to the ref/VAR to sort it out.

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    Feb 21st 2019, 12:40 PM

    Football players fake injury , shocker

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    Feb 21st 2019, 12:21 PM

    That game was like playing fifa being a goal up at the end and just passing about killing time at the same time pissing off the other player

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    Feb 21st 2019, 6:20 PM

    Ramos is still a (unt though right?

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    Feb 21st 2019, 3:34 PM

    Good thing Bielsa didn’t say this. 200k find incoming

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    Feb 21st 2019, 3:05 PM

    Well , there’s a surprise . He won’t have any bad feelings so if Liverpool are ahead and develop a lot of cramp ! How does these guys become managers ? A silly admittance . Half time ….. hope next game is better than the anfield one .

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    Feb 21st 2019, 12:19 PM

    Kick em out of the competition

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    Feb 21st 2019, 1:41 PM

    @Hardly Normal: Harsh.

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    Feb 21st 2019, 3:00 PM

    @James Clancy: I know ya but still

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    Feb 21st 2019, 12:30 PM

    This is worse than Beckham gettin the yellow card

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