First there was theheavily roasted mirror-selfie thirst trap.

Now theformer quarterbackis posting lengthy Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes about the true meaning of success.

On his Instagram Stories, Brady posted an image of the quotation, adding three red heart emojis.

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the retired footballer asks, via Emerson.

The passage concludes, This is to have succeeded!

I suppose Brady, a man who has greatly succeeded by every conventional and tangible measure, would know.

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If theres one person I want to be the happiest in the world, its him, believe me.

I want him to achieve and to conquer, she said of her ex-husband.

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I want all his dreams to come true.

Thats what I want, really, from the bottom of my heart.

“Sometimes you grow together; sometimes you grow apart.”

Well, according to Ralph Waldo Emerson at least, she neednt worry.

Tom Brady seems to consider himself to have already achieved and conquered.