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BOSTON (AP) -- Tom Brady found some lessons in a book that may have helped him deal with the New England Patriots' loss in the Super Bowl that ruined their chances for a 19-0 season.

The quarterback tells Esquire magazine he found "The Four Agreements" by Don Miguel Ruiz a "very spiritual book."

"How can I be more honest, accept things that don't go as planned?" Brady said in a cover story for the September issue. "When you try to combat everything, at the end of the day you realize that you're responsible for yourself."

The magazine received permission to interview Brady only if his supermodel girlfriend Gisele Bundchen, his son's mother Bridget Moynahan, and the 1-year-old child did not appear in the story.

Brady has three Super Bowl rings, a 17-14 loss in last season's title game to the New York Giants and a view of football's place in society.

"Look at the attention I get: It's because I throw a football. But that's what society values. That's not what God values," Brady said. "He didn't invent the game. We did. I have some eye-hand coordination, and I can throw the ball. I don't think that matters to God."

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