Tom Brady: 'We earned and achieved' everything last season

During his first public appearance since the release of the NFL's Wells report on Wednesday, Patriots quarterback Tom Brady said he didn't "really have a reaction" to it.

"Our owner commented on it yesterday, and it's only been 30 hours so I haven't had enough time to digest it fully," he said during a scheduled event in Salem, Massachusetts, on Thursday night, where he was greeted with cheers. "When I do, I'll be sure to let you know how I feel about it." Sportscaster Jim Gray, who was moderating the event, asked him if he was a slow reader, to which Brady responded with a laugh: "My athletic career has been better than my academic career. I'm used to reading Xs and Os."

Acknowledging that "not everyone's going to like you, and I'm OK with that," he emphasized that the Patriots "earned and achieved" everything that happened to them last season, and he is "very fortunate to have so many people who love me and support me. In life, so much is about the ups and downs and certainly I accept my role and responsibility as a public figure. You have to take the good with the bad and dealing with different adversities in life, you just try to be the best you can be.... We'll get through it."

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