Tom Brady reveals a surprising story from before his very first Super Bowl: he actually fell asleep in the locker room just minutes before taking the field. Brady explains that it wasn’t a long nap, but a quick 10-minute power rest right in front of his locker after an unusually long pregame show following 9/11. He says the team had warmed up early, and with extra time before kickoff, he decided to lie down for a few minutes — and ended up dozing off before one of the biggest games of his career.
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Tom Brady says he actually fell asleep in the locker room before playing in his first Super Bowl Host: “Tom fell asleep in the locker room before his first Super Bowl. It’s a strange thing to say, so I’m going to say maybe it’s true. Is it true or false?” Tom Brady: “I did. Yeah. It’s not like snoozing with a pillow for two hours. You just have like 10 minutes, a little power nap.” Host: “So explain, NFL dressing rooms are massive. Where did you fall asleep?” Tom Brady: “Right in front of my locker.” “There was a long pregame show because it was the year of 9/11. It was February after that. It was a long pregame show. We warmed up early. I came in and I was like, I need to lay down, and I fell asleep for a few minutes.”
— Josh Chambers (@JoshChambers) October 4, 2026