Two of Brady's Patriot teammates appear as fellow narrators/storytellers in each of the three episodes I watched. The first episode features Willie McGinest and Drew Bledsoe, and the latter gets more than his due from the understudy who usurped him. Lawyer Milloy and Rodney Harrison were featured in Episode 2. Other teammates and family members are included later. There will be no bitter Scottie Pippen-like figures after this airs in full. Two of the best quotes actually come from Bledsoe. On what he thought of Brady when he arrived as the No. 199 pick in the 2000 NFL Draft: "Just a skinny little twerp out of Michigan. I didn't perceive him as a threat." After Brady retained the job once Bledsoe was ready to return from injury during the 2001 season, then got the start in the Super Bowl: "If Tommy was an [expletive], it would have been really, really hard to [accept] that. But he's not." "Tom has been very gracious and generous about spreading that love around," said Chopra. "But this isn't ['It's Better To Be Feared' author] Seth Wickersham's. This isn't the book 'The Dynasty.' This isn't the definitive history of the New England Patriots. This isn't 'The Last Dance,' though people have their own opinions. This is 'Man in the Arena.' This is Tom's take, at least for now, across what happened in 20 years. Advertisement "Tom says, I believe in the first episode, that you don't realize the journey traveled while you're in it. It's only towards the end, when you're looking back. He's at this stage of his life now where he's not just Tom Brady the quarterback. He's Tom Brady the man, the father, a guy who has a lot of perspective." One of the themes Brady returns to is how small steps, perhaps even imperceptible at the time of occurrence, can turn into an unforgettable journey if they're taken in the right direction. In his case, he says, it can lead to personal evolution. "Things have happened in my life as I hoped they would happen," he says at one point, but the further point is a reiterating thread through each episode: It was hard work, dedicated coaches and teammates, supportive family, self-awareness, and then more hard work that helped him get there. "The sustainable part about talent and potential is working hard," he says.