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New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick paid his former quarterback Tom Brady the highest compliment possible by calling him 'the greatest.'
Belichick appeared on the first post-retirement episode of Brady's 'Let's Go!' podcast on Monday.
'Just the greatest player. The greatest career. The great, great person. It was such an opportunity and an honor for me to coach Tom,' said Belichick.
'I guess it's got to end at some point, you know, but it's the greatest one ever. So, congratulations, Tom.'
Brady and Belichick reached a grand total of nine Super Bowls together, winning six and are considered the greatest coach-quarterback duo in NFL history.
Bill Belichick called Tom Brady 'the greatest' while giving him compliments on his podcast
Brady and Belichick formed a historic duo for years in New England winning six championships
Their relationship was said to have soured towards the end of Brady's tenure in New England before he went on to win a Super Bowl with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
But based on Brady's words during Monday's podcast episode there appears to be no long-lingering bad blood between the two.
He said: 'I think it's more what did he not do to bring out the best in me? I was just very lucky. … I think coach Belichick and I developed an amazing relationship really from the moment I was drafted. We spent a lot of time together.
'He started to begin to teach me really what football was all about, how to study defenses when I started to play, certainly, and we'd have weekly meetings, sometimes once, sometimes twice, and I couldn't imagine a better teacher to say, "Hey, this is how we're gonna play quarterback in the NFL," and these are the nuances of the game.
'And not only that but just from his leadership, which is really one of his great, great qualities, he showed up every day with a purpose. When he always joked "No days off," he meant it.
