Tom Brady on Deflate-gate: 'My feelings got hurt'

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Patriots quarterback Tom Brady as usual appeared on  WEEI’s Dennis & Callahan show Monday, and he of course was asked about Deflate-gate ... again.

Brady reiterated he had no involvement in the deflation of footballs during last week's AFC Championship Game against the Colts. 

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"Absolutely not," he said. "Look, I don't want to keep getting into this. No, I didn't and I haven't and I never will. That's obviously how I feel and the kind of person that I am.

"No one knows the facts. I picked 24 balls, that’s what I picked. Whatever happened after I did it and whatever the situation was where they measured them, I have no idea (about) any of those facts. I try to stay really humble and deal with the facts that I know. When you don’t know something, all I can say is I don’t know. I know that’s not always the answer that people want to hear, but that’s the reality."

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He then started to get personal when asked why the balls were measured at the improper PSI. 

"It’s all speculation," Brady said. "I’ve tried to wrap my head around it, too. I’ve done that and I’m trying to move past that, because I continue to try to rehash things. I personalized a lot of things and thought this was all about me, and my feelings got hurt. Then I moved past it, because it’s not serving me. What’s serving me is try to prepare for the game ahead. I’ll deal with whatever happens later. I’ll have my opportunity to try to figure out what happened and figure out a theory like everyone else is trying to do. But this isn’t the time for that. Honestly, I’m not interested in trying to find out right now, because we have the biggest game of our season ahead."

Brady also spoke with ESPN during Sunday night's Pro Bowl. He didn't reveal much in that interview but did say he hasn't interviewed with NFL officials yet. He expects them to talk to him after the Super Bowl.

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