Tom Brady Laughs His Way Through Reggie Wayne Calling Him a Cheater

Tom Brady is quite skilled at not taking the bait from his many critics.

Former NFL receiver Reggie Wayne recently commented that Brady should be ineligible to win the NFL's MVP award in the wake of him serving a four-game suspension related to the Deflategate scandal:

Can Brady win MVP this season? -@ReggieWayne_17 "There is no way Tom Brady can win MVP because he was caught cheating this year." pic.twitter.com/Z1SJuvGYsh
— NFL Total Access (@NFLTotalAccess) November 1, 2016

Wayne, like Brady, is a Pro Football Hall of Fame hopeful, so his words carry a bit more weight than the typical player's. And Wayne, who retired after 14 years with the Colts, also spent time with the Patriots during training camp in 2015. So they are acquainted. Brady was asked his opinion of Wayne and his comment during a regular appearance on WEEI's Kirk and Callahan radio show Monday. ESPN's Mike Reiss took note:

"I don't know what Reggie said or anything, but I liked being with Reggie. I actually had a lot of great conversations with him. Played against him for a long time; he's a Hall of Famer. I always wish Reggie the best. He was a great player," Brady said.

When informed that Wayne called him a cheater, Brady laughed.

"Well, I still think he's a great player, and it doesn't change the experience I had with him when he was here," he said.

When hosts Kirk Minihane and Gerry Callahan told Brady he has no "hate in his heart," Brady explained how he tries to live his life in that regard.

"I think there have been a lot of people who have said things over the years that I disagree with, but I try to get up every day and do the best I can do," Brady said, seemingly in reference to a chapter from "The Four Agreements," a book Brady said has helped him get through difficult times in his life, including Deflategate.

"You give everyone else your power when you start reacting to everything they say. I wouldn't change places with anybody."

It could have been life lessons from The Four Agreements, or it could be life lessons from another book, of sorts, by Patriots coach Bill Belichick. Remember in October, when Brady walked off the podium to end a press conference because a reporter asked him a Donald Trump question? Via NESN, this is what Brady said (also to Kirk and Callahan) about his reaction to the Trump moment:

"Obviously there's a lot of headlines to make, and I've tried not to make a lot of headlines. I've been in an organization where we're taught to say very little, we have respect for our opponents and we don't do the trash-talking. The thing I've always thought is, I don't want to be a distraction for the team. That's what my goal is. Not that there are things I've said and done that haven't been, but you try not to be."