Tom Brady sends clear message to Raiders rookie Fernando Mendoza: Earn your opportunity

"Well, I love Fernando, but Fernando is like every other young rookie," Brady said.

"He's got to go out there and earn it like everybody else... none of these young players, none of the rookies have ever had a meaningful snap in the NFL."

For Brady, draft status and offseason hype only go so far.

"Their career and their journey will be determined by the work that they put in, by the adversities that they overcome, by the kind of teammate and team player that they are," Brady added.

It's the same mindset Brady says he's bringing to his latest venture off the field.

"My body truly was my asset as a football player," Brady recalled.

"So you're right, I was very lucky over a period of time to learn a lot of disciplines that allowed me to take the field feeling very healthy, feeling energized and excited about going out there to try to, you know, win some football games."

"But when I retired, I realized that there's a lot of people in life that maybe they're not professional athletes, but to a degree, we all are living athletic lifestyles," he said. "We wanna be healthy. We wanna play with our kids. We wanna play with grandkids."

"There's no debate about the way that this medicine is working right now in terms of keeping people and getting people on their wellness journey started," Brady stated. "And then we do a great job keeping them on that journey."

To Brady, whether the goal is winning the QB1 job or improving someone's health, success comes down to focusing on fundamentals.

"I realized that a lot of the values that I had as an NFL player transitioned very well to what happens in the workforce," Brady explained. "And it comes down to accountability, discipline, showing up for other people, serving other people."