FOXBOROUGH, Mass. —

Tom Brady’s place in Patriot Nation was immortalized Friday when a bronze statue was unveiled outside Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts.

The 12-foot statue portrays Brady with a fist in the air, holding his helmet in his other hand. It sits on a 5-foot base shaped to represent the six Super Bowl championships that Brady helped the Patriots win.

“Seeing myself as a statue isn’t something I could have imagined growing up. When I was drafted, I just hoped to make the team. I never dreamed I’d be standing here two and a half decades later, made of bronze and frozen in time,” Brady said.

Video below: With humility, humor Brady thanks Patriots Nation

Brady joked that it is the first time in his life that Boston sports writers will describe him as “chiseled.”

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