Tom Brady says losing fueled his success: ‘To me, failure is amazing’ [Video]

Tom Brady’s endless list of accolades include seven Super Bowl rings, three NFL MVP awards and 15 Pro Bowl appearances. But despite all his winning, Brady views his losses as the most important moments of his career.

During an appearance at the Fortune Global Forum this week, the winningest quarterback in NFL history said he could never have achieved his success without first experiencing setback after setback.

The 47-year-old broadcaster recalled years spent at the bottom of the QB depth chart, first in high school and then in college at the University of Michigan. Constantly losing out on the starting job in favor of other quarterbacks, he said, instilled in him a relentless desire to improve himself and prove his doubters wrong.

“I had to compete my butt off for five years in college. I had to compete my butt off in high school for four years,” he said. “Those nine years of playing prepared me to be …