FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (Aug. 17, 2006) -- Tom Brady was looking for a place to work out when he called Barry Bonds' personal trainer "five or six years ago" but the two never got together, the New England Patriots quarterback said.
"That was the first of it and the last of it," Brady said after practice.
Government lawyers are investigating whether the San Francisco Giants slugger lied under oath when he told an earlier grand jury he didn't know whether his trainer, Greg Anderson, gave him substances that were steroids.
In a statement to federal prosecutors unsealed Aug. 16, Anderson said he had also spoken to Brady on the phone.
"I had only one brief conversation with Tom Brady regarding a potential future workout," Anderson said. "I never had another phone conversation with him and never discussed it with anyone."
Brady, who attended the same Bay Area high school as Bonds, confirmed the details of Anderson's statement and stressed that he never did work out with Anderson. "No athlete likes to be brought up in stuff like that," he said.
A two-time Super Bowl MVP, Brady was the guest of first lady Laura Bush at the 2002 State of the Union, where the President singled him out as a role model for drug-free sports.
"Trying to be a role model for children, that's what I'm all about. That's what I stand for," Brady said. "I have a family I represent. I have a team I represent. I try to do that the best I can."
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