The Secrets of Gisele Bündchen and Tom Brady's Love Story That Almost Didn't Happen

After every playoff game leading up to his record sixth Super Bowl win this year, Tom Brady made sure to thank a certain someone.

"I first want to say hi to my wife—I love you so much, I'm coming home," he said after the New England Patriots' AFC Championship win, having also told a national audience he loved her after their divisional win. He would've said it three times, but the Patriots had a bye in the first round.

And when Brady became the player with the most championship rings in NFL history, wife Gisele Bündchenalong with their kids Benjamin and Vivianand Brady's son Jack—was right there with him. As always, win or lose.

"I'm so happy for him, he worked so hard," Gisele, her voice hoarse from cheering, told Boston's WFSB 3 as she joined her husband on the field for their third Super Bowl win as a married couple.

Life has a tendency to look like one big win after another for these two. But as they celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary Tuesday, Bündchen and Brady at least know that their success as a couple hasn't come without its share of adversity, hard work and—like any championship team—a commitment to a cause bigger than any one person.

"I think, naturally, when you're on the road like this, there's less things to do," Brady, in Colorado preparing at high altitude for a game in Mexico City in November 2017, told reporters. "You know, my family's not here, my kids aren't here, there's nobody telling me what I did wrong in the house, so it's just being at home and now it's being here and trying to just figure out how to win a game.

"I didn't mean that, babe," he quickly added, in case his wife got wind of that soundbite. "I take that back."





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