Tom Brady Shares Sweet Father's Day Message and Photos of 3 Kids: 'I Hope That I Can Give You All That My Dad Gave Me'

Tom Brady is father to Jack 16, Benjamin, 14 and Vivian, 11

Tom Brady is feeling the love this Father's Day!

On Sunday, June 16, the retired NFL star shared some sweet memories of him and his three kids, along with his own father, to celebrate Father's Day.

"Happy Father's Day to my HERO, and the best role model I could have ever asked for," Brady, 46 wrote in his Instagram tribute, which featured a picture of him and his dad, and another of him and both of his parents, Galynn Patricia and Tom Brady Sr.

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The former New England Patriots quarterback also shouted out his kids, with pictures of them on a boat and posing on the beach for a siblings photo.

"And THANK YOU, to these kids for giving me the gift of being a father, a joy that I could have never imagined until you came into my life," he wrote. "I hope that I can give you all that my dad gave me… unconditional love and support ❤️❤️❤️."

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Brady shares daughter Vivian and son Benjamin with ex Gisele Bündchen. He is also dad to son Jack, whom he shares with ex Bridget Moynahan.

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In April, the Brady appeared on DeepCut with VicBlends and opened up about his son Jack. "I mean my oldest son, Jack, he’s an amazing young man. Straight As. Handles himself so well in groups of people and I see him and he’s 16, and I’m like how are you so mature," Brady raved.

"[He] lives in New York City, puts his heart and soul into everything he does. I mean he just, he blows me away with who he is."

In the same interview, Brady got candid about when he first became a parent, sharing that he felt his journey to fatherhood improved with time.

"You get better as a parent, I think, because you know when you’re a young parent, you don’t really know what you’re doing. You’re winging it. You’re trying to wing it," Brady said.

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"So I think when you become a parent, you’re trying new things for the first time, you’re going through all these things for the first time so you don’t exactly know always the right thing to say,” he continued. “As you go, you get a little bit better at it, you get a little more understanding of it and you try to just continue to kind of refresh your skills as a parent."

"'Am I listening or am I talking? Am I mentoring, or am I disciplining? Am I holding them accountable or am I letting them get away with things?” added the dad of three.

In March, Brady enjoyed some time in the snow with his kids Vivian and Benjamin. The three spent time getting in some late-season skiing, looking bundled up as they took on a long day on the slopes. The kiddos impressed their athlete dad with their abilities.

"Last runs of the year with these future X-Games contestants ❄️🎿🏔️," he captioned an Instagram carousel of moments from their trip.

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