FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- More from Tom Brady's Q&A with reporters at Gillette Stadium:

You obviously have perspective about the situation. There has also been a lot of speculation about whether or not you are unhappy. How would you describe your mood as it relates to the business side of things?
“My personal feelings are my personal feelings, and certainly I don’t want to express them with anybody other than very few people. It doesn’t do any good. It really doesn’t. It doesn’t help this team. It doesn’t help the organization. Really, it gets in the way to me. And everybody’s situation is different. I can only comment on my situation. Everybody has a different situation, a different approach. They have to do what works for them. There are a lot of guys who are restricted free agents based on the [collective bargaining agreement] this year. It’s just very different for different guys. I have to do what’s comfortable for me. I’ve always tried to do that.”

Do you want to finish your career as a New England Patriot?
“Yeah, certainly that’s everybody’s goal. That’s Troy Brown’s goal, Tedy Bruschi’s goal. A lot of people have that. At the same time, I know that I’m playing this year. Hopefully. We still have five weeks before final cuts. It’s my responsibility, like I said, to come out and earn a job and do the best I can do. That’s really where my focus is.”

With your place in the union as an assistant player representative, do you feel you have a responsibility on the business side to other players because of everything going on with the CBA?
“Certainly. When you get elected as a representative of the union, you do have different responsibilities, and convey messages to certain players who don’t get the information we get, to pass that information along to the younger guys who haven’t been around as long, and guys who haven’t necessarily paid as much attention as they have in the past, obviously with what’s going on. It is our responsibility to make sure that everyone is aware of what is going on at this time.”

With you, Peyton Manning and Drew Brees, the contracts are seen as bellwethers for the union in talks with the league. Is that an uncomfortable situation to be in as one of the leaders in the league?
“Who knows? I don’t know what plays in to whether guys are signing contracts or not signing contracts. It feels like a normal football season thus far. March 1^st next year might be different. But this year it feels like kind of business as usual, other than a lot of posturing by lots of different people.”

There have been a lot of guys come and go on this team, under various circumstances. What is it like for you to be somewhat in that position, the same position you’ve seen others? It’s not your first negotiation, but what’s it like to be in those shoes?
“Sure. You’re right, you see a lot of guys come and go. The reality is that’s this business. We don’t play forever, and we certainly don’t sign contracts for 30 years. This sport is based on a revolving system of players that are in and out, in free agency, something that the union fought hard for over the years. Players have the option to move teams. Teams have the opportunity to cut players. It’s just what happens. Early on, it used to really bother me. It still bothers you to a degree, but you understand that’s really what this profession is all about. It’s a great game. Obviously we’re doing something right. It’s a very popular game. I love playing, and also realizing what happened a few years ago with getting injured. To be on the field this year is what’s important for me. You can say ‘I want to do this, this and this’, but at the same time, you’re not guaranteed anything. You’re not guaranteed that I’ll start the season. You’re not guaranteed that I’ll make it through the next day of practice. When you look out and see the kind of physical nature this sport is, nobody is guaranteed anything. So enjoy what we have, enjoy the practices, the games. That’s a message I always try to convey. We’re certainly not guaranteed anything.”