Few people foresaw Tom Brady becoming arguably the greatest quarterback of this generation — and perhaps of all time — but Tom Brady himself had an idea.

Sporting News republished a 2000 draft guide profile on the New England Patriots quarterback as a “Throwback Thursday” special, and it’s pretty much spot-on. The story perfectly captures Brady’s will to win and what he had to overcome to become a four-time Super Bowl champion.

“When NFL teams look beyond obvious physical attributes, they put stock in a player’s intelligence and other intangible qualities,” the profile reads. “Brady, who was briefly on a college boxing club, feels that his won’t-back-down attitude is his best on-the-field talent.”

The analysis of his intangibles continues with a quote from Brady that certainly will resonate with Patriots fans.

“I think my best asset as a player is that in the fourth quarter, with the game on the line, I have the desire to win and the feeling that our team is not going to lose,” Brady said.

Yup.