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Brady's take

Patriots quarterback Tom Brady answered questions from the media after practice today. He was asked about an Associated Press report regarding his connection to Greg Anderson.

“I kind of laughed it off as I kind of do those things. I don’t make anything of it,” said Brady, noting he was unaware of the report until this morning. “Something like that is nothing I stand for. I represent a lot of things, and certainly fair play and me trying to be a role model for children, that’s what I’m all about. …

“I feel like I’m a pretty responsible person. Like I said, no athlete likes to be brought up in stuff like that.”

Brady explained that he had contacted a bunch of trainers when he was in the Bay Area. Brady said he called Anderson once, and that the call was around five years ago. Brady said they never spoke again.

“That was the first of it and the last of it,” he said. "As an athlete, usually when you go back home, you want a place to work out. You want to go to a place where you feel like there are other athletes. That’s kind of how it came up.”

Brady was asked if he ever had to tell someone he wasn't interested in steroids.

"I never did," he said. "I was never approached. I was lucky that I never had to make those tough decisions. Like I said, you make decisions, whatever they might be. If you want to do steroids, I'm sure you can go out and find them. But you have a code of ethics that you play by. It's the same thing when I'm on the field, it's the same thing when I play golf. I don't cheat in golf. It's kind of the way you live your life. It's about integrity. You choose to make certain decisions and you have integrity for yourself. I have a family that I represent. I have a team that I represent. I try to do those the best I can."

We'll have some notes from practice in a bit.