Tom Brady lauds Aaron Judge's historic season, praises Yankees slugger's mindset

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Tampa Bay Buccaneers star Tom Brady had major praise for Aaron Judge as the New York Yankees superstar hoped to ride the wave of his regular-season success into the postseason.

Judge joined Brady and sportscaster Jim Gray on the "Let’s Go!" podcast Monday, and the seven-time Super Bowl champion said he enjoyed watching a superstar athlete from another sport succeed.

"There’s nothing better than seeing, in my view, players in other sports that really accept what comes along with the success," Brady said. "You’re in a big market (with the) Yankees, and you’ve continued to defy the odds. 

"Really happy for you and all your success. Hopefully, you got a long career ahead of you. It’s going to be up to you to see what you do with it and how you take advantage of it."

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Tom Brady was not happy with his first half performance in his game against the New Orleans Saints Sunday. (Chris Graythen/Getty Images)

"All the decisions you make over the course of time will all add up to the level that you can reach. It’s really been impressive to watch you in your humility even through this season. Just an MVP-caliber season. We know how all those votes go and all that. I always feel like, you know, ‘Did you do the best you could?’ And, from my standpoint watching you, you were amazing this year. So congrats and good luck in the postseason."

In Judge’s pursuit of the American League home run record, he entered Yankees lore and was compared to some of the organization’s greatest players like Babe Ruth, Roger Maris, Joe DiMaggio and others. 

He said it was a "shock" for him to hear his name in the same breath as