Tom Brady is trying to keep his life as drama-free as possible.

During the latest episode of his SiriusXM podcast, Let’s Go! With Tom Brady, Larry Fitzgerald and Jim Gray, the former NFL star opened up about how he embraces “self-awareness” to eliminate excess drama from his life.

“We all have our quirks and our flaws, and I certainly have my fair share too,” Brady began while discussing his life in the public eye. “We should all have self-awareness. It’s a hard trait to have.”

The retired NFL star, whose personal life made headlines when he and Gisele Bündchen divorced last year, said, “We’re in a culture too, where it’s hard to own up to things these days because of this mentality on the internet and these nameless faces of people that pile on so nobody wants to admit anything anymore. No one can say ‘I messed up and I learned from it.’ They say ‘I messed up’ and by the time you say, ‘I messed up,’ you don’t have a job. That’s a hard place to live.”

Brady told his co-host Jim Gray that while “technology has been amazing” for information, he’s found that the “spread of misinformation” and “things that are out of context” can make for added drama as a famous athlete.

“For someone like me, I’m in the public eye a lot and I always try to say the right thing just because I don’t want to deal with any more drama that’s already in my life,” he said.

Brady continued, “I already have a lot of drama, because it’s life! Everyone’s got their own things to deal with,” admitting that he especially struggles with the lack of control when it comes to his celebrity status.

“I’m probably a little OCD with different things in my life,” Brady shared. “I like control and trying to have things in control, and stability, and sometimes those are limited too.”

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The former Buccaneers quarterback said he didn’t “want to get in my full psychological breakdown,” but told listeners, “I’m trying to learn more about myself every day.”

Brady’s words of wisdom concluded with the father-of-three calling for more communication between people with differing opinions. “We need to talk, we need to learn, we need to communicate and understand that people grow up differently and think differently.”

Since retiring from the NFL “for good” after 23 seasons with the league, Brady has enjoyed turning his focus to spending time with his children and looking towards his broadcasting debut on Fox Sports next year.

During an interview on FS1’s “The Herd” with Colin Cowherd in February, Brady said he wanted to “really learn” and “become great at what I want to do” before jumping into his broadcast gig.

“It’s going to be a great opportunity for me to take some time and really become [great] at my Fox broadcasting job, which I’m really looking forward to, but also catching up on other parts of my life that need some time and energy,” Brady shared.

He shares son John “Jack” Edward Thomas, 16, with actress Bridget Moynahan, and two children with ex-wife Gisele Bündchen — Benjamin Rein, 13, and Vivian Lake, 10.