"Just as a basketball player, and the pounding that you take and running both sides -- 'OK, I gotta do offense. Oh s--t, I gotta get back on defense. Oh s--t, I gotta get back on offense. Oh s--t, I gotta get back on defense.' As physical as football is -- and to the body, I know it's crazy to the body -- but for a quarterback, [Patriots coach Bill] Belichick has done a great job of implementing those five guys in front to protect that asset."