Body Language Analysis No. 4194: Tom Brady, "Why Does Everyone Want Me To Retire So Bad?" - Nonverbal and Emotional Intelligence (VIDEO, PHOTOS)

The Vegas line gives the New England Patriots a 4.5 point spread over the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LII. This interview of Tom Brady (above video) was given on Wednesday 31 January 2018. The initial question dealt with Brady's possible retirement. What follows is a partial nonverbal analysis. 

JOURNALIST (beginning at 0:00): In an interview with ah, Andrea Kremer of NFL Network, ah, Jonathan Kraft was asked if he could ever envision a scenario [up-talking] in which he would have to tell you that you have to retire. And he said that you've earned the right to make that decision yourself. And I'm curious ah, ya know, what does that latitude mean to you [stutter] - t- to hear that coming from him?

TOM BRADY: Why does everyone [stutter] w- want me to retire so bad? I don't git [sic] it. I'm havin' fun...

During 0:10 - 0:11, as the journalist said, "said that" - Tom Brady's jaw juts momentarily forward. This nonverbal display, although brief, (but not quite as evanescent as a microexpression) is absolutely classic - and indicative of an adrenaline surge. Brady does a pretty good job at covering up his emotion - but this question does indeed evoke anger in the quarterback.

Please watch the video, on regular speed and half-speed, as the still image does not capture the dynamics of this behavior. 

Summary: Nonverbal Analysis demonstrates conclusively, that although he did a good job at masking his emotion, the subject of his possible retirement during this Q & A session, angered Tom Brady.

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See also:

Body Language Analysis No. 4193: Hope Hicks, Sexual Attraction, Armpits, and Elbows

Body Language Analysis No. 4191: President Trump's State Of The Union Speech

Body Language Analysis No. 3996: (REPOSTING) Donald Trump Jr.'s and Natalia Veselnitskaya's meeting

Body Language Analysis No. 4188: Donald Trump Gets Booed at Davos for Calling the Press "Fake"

Body Language Analysis No. 4173: California Mud Slides - Rescue and Surprise

Body Language Analysis No. 4155: Luis Elizondo Interview - Former Military Intelligence Official Who Ran AATIP (The Pentagon's Secret UFO Unit)

Body Language Analysis No. 4138: Matt Lauer, Intimidation, and Aggression

Body Language Analysis No. 4093: Fear and Harvey Weinstein - Emma Watson's Reaction

Body Language Analysis No. 4073: Prince Harry and Melania Trump Meet in Canada for Invictus Games - Harry's Hand Signal


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Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 3842: Bill Belichick and Julian Edelman - Body Language and Emotional Intelligence (VIDEO, PHOTOS)

Bill Belichick doesn't seem to smile much, let alone laugh. However after such a phenomenal Super Bowl LI victory and his fifth Championship Ring, the Patriots' Head Coach let down his guard on Jimmy Fallon's Tonight Show.

 



This moment shows an excellent example of Sincere Laughter (5:35). Moreover Belichick's laughter is also quite deep.

Sincere laughter may have a forehead which is relaxed or contracted - but during sincere smiling the forehead is ALWAYS relaxed.

True Laughter may show both upper and/or lower teeth, while sincere smiling ONLY displays upper teeth (with the exceptions of smiling crescendoing to, or decrescendoing from sincere laughter - or with a high camera/visual angle and/or with a tilting down of the head).

Sincere smiling ALWAYS has eye lids which partially or nearly entirely closed. This is also ALWAYS accompanied by a dynamic, concave-up furrow in the lower eyelids. This is well exemplified on both Bill Belichick and Julian Edelman. During sincere laughter which is both sincere and deep, the eye lids virtually always close - often very tightly.

Congratulations to the New England Patriots for what many will say was the most exciting football game they've ever seen.


See also:

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 3841: Tom Brady's and Roger Goodell's Handshake after Super Bowl LI

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 3839: Andrew Garfield, Ryan Reynolds and Ryan Gosling - Embarrassment, Protection, Body Language and Emotional Intelligence

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 3837: Donald Trump's Contentious Phone Call with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 3823: Nina Dobrev, Flyboarding, Laughter and a Rapport/Bonding Amplifier

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 3809: Horse Lays His Head On Coffin As He Mourns The Loss Of His Human Best Friend - Cross-Species Body Language & Emotional Intelligence

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 3801: Marion Cotillard, Lip Syncing and Honest Anxiety

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 3769: Fidel Castro and Nikita Khrushchev

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 3693: Grace VanderWaal Wins America's Got Talent Season 11


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Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 3080: Bill Belichick's Press Conference - A Key Body Language Tell (VIDEO, PHOTOS)

The above video is an edited version of one of Bill Belichick's recent press conferences regarding deflategate. Belichick is known for always being in a negative mood - (think of a monotone "mad robot"). This makes him a bit more difficult to interpret his body language - but not if you know what to look for.

Note that throughout this video, the New England Patriots football coach speaks out of the right side of his mouth. Unless a person has this speaking idiosyncrasy when telling the truth (which the Super Bowl bound Bostonian does not) then such an asymmetrical speaking configuration is indicative of deception.

Both Bill Belichick and Tom Brady are lying.

Take home point: When you see a person speaking out of one side of their mouth, and this is not their "norm" when truth-telling (for a small minority of people it is their normal, baseline behavior) - know this: they are being insincere or telling a lie.


See also:

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 3079: Tom Brady, Deflategate - Part Deux

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 3078: Tom Brady, Deflategate, Deception and Body Language

Negotiation Nonverbal Communication Secret No. 1060: Bill Belichick's Anger

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 2275:  Lance Armstrong's Insincerity -  Body Language revealed in Oprah Winfrey Interview  Part III

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 2227:  Sincerity and Insincerity regarding  Suicide Death of Jacintha Saldanha

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 1912:  Ann Curry's Tearful Goodbye & Matt Lauer's Insincerity

Negotiation Secret No. 111: A Sure Red Flag of Insincerity - John Edwards

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 2474:  Mayor Bob Filner's False Smile -  Insincerity, Body Language and San Diego

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Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 2622: Tom Brady and Peyton Manning, What Faces Reveal - Body Language in Foxborough (VIDEO, PHOTOS)

In Foxborough last Sunday, Tom Brady's Patriots beat Peyton Manning's Broncos 34-31 in overtime. One of the highest rated rivalries in American sports, Brady leads in their head-to-head match ups, winning in ten of fourteen meetings.

This image (left) was captured after the October 12, 2012 game where New England also beat Denver (31-21).



In this moment (above), Manning's facial expression, particularly his mouth and mid-face, is classic for the common combined nonverbal of both Regret (the primary emotion) and Anger (secondary emotion). Some refer to this combination as Bitterness. 

In this second image taken after an earlier victory over Manning's then Indianapolis Colts, Brady displays his relative alpha status with his hand & arm turned about 45 degrees so that it is in the dominant, top position (look at their forearms as well). Peyton acquiesces his hand position while accepting the more beta configuration.  Had Manning won the game, Brady's hand would have been in the weaker position.








See also:

Negotiation Nonverbal Communication Secret # 1055:  The Subtle Lip Purse

Negotiation Nonverbal Communication Secret # 1059:  Tommy's Fear Factor and Anxiety

Nonverbal Communication Analysis # 2408:  Sen. Kelly Ayotte's Anxiety & Regret via  Senators Graham & McCain -  Republican Body Language in Response to  President Obama's National Defense University Speech

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 2505:  Marine Jesse Cottle and Wife Kelly  Body Language Expression of Regret and Sincere Smiles

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 2586: Harrison Ford in "Ender's Game" - Microexpression and Macroexpression of Regret - Harrison's Brand and the Stanislavski Method

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 2476:  Scandal, Perception and The Bitter "Smile" Weiner, Spitzer and Sanford

Negotiation Nonverbal Communication Secret # 1177:  Mitt Romney's Bitter Smile 

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Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 2504: Former New England Patriot Aaron Hernandez and a Commonly Missed Body Language Signal (VIDEO, PHOTOS)

Aaron Hernandez, former tight end for the New England Patriots, is in jail - arrested and awaiting trial in the Murder of his friend, Odin Lloyd. He is also being investigated in multiple other murders in Florida and Massachusetts. In the following three images from the video above, Hernandez is captured in the midst of a commonly missed and misinterpreted facial expression - both disguised within a simple sniff.

Note: The original video has, since the original post, been removed from its online source. The images below however, were captured from this video. 

This photo, isolated from the 0:06 mark, shows a dramatically exaggerated "sniff" in which a microexpression of disgust is clearly hidden.

This image is captured at 0:28 and is a less dramatic example of "disgust with a sniff surrogate".

This photo from 1:09 show a significant asymmetry - with more contraction on Hernandez's left side. Thus this body language-facial expression indicates disgust (as the above to examples) with an added feature of contempt.








There are other significant nonverbal findings present in all three of these images and the video. What are they and what emotions do they indicate?

See also:

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 2467:  Rob Gronkowski & Aaron Hernandez  Recognizing Multiple Body Language Signs of Anger

Nonverbal Communication Analysis # 2228:  Jay Carney's Body Language -  Contempt disguised as a Sniff ....  for Republicans' Solutions to the Fiscal Cliff

Nonverbal Communication Analysis # 1881:  Interrupting the President & Contempt Display -  Neil Munro shows us his Body Language and  His (Lack of) Etiquette

Nonverbal Communication Analysis # 2127:  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's Body Language during Piers Morgan Interview

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 2500:  Ft. Hood Shooter Nidal Malik Hasan and Contempt - The Body Language of Threat Assessment

Nonverbal Communication Analysis # 2312:  Bruce Willis' Body Language -  Contempt vs. Suppressed Smile vs.  Pseudo Smile vs. Sincere Smile

Negotiation Nonverbal Communication Secret # 1496:  Tiger Woods' Disgust & Biofeedback

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Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 2467: Rob Gronkowski & Aaron Hernandez Recognizing Multiple Body Language Signs of Anger (Video, Photo)

Rob Gronkowski, a tight end for the New England Patriots, was recently interviewed Don Dahler.
When Dahler asked him about his (now former) teammate Aaron Hernandez, who was recently arrested for alleged murder - Gronkowski grew angry. When looking at this video there are several nonverbal signs of anger - how many can you spot?

In this image (captured at 0:07), Gronkowski's eyelids are opened slightly wider than his normal baseline. The lower eyelids are also tightened. In addition his "mustache area" (area between upper lip and nose) is tightened. This is seen with simultaneous thinning of his upper lip (although not dramatic). His nostrils are also slightly dilated.

When the head-neck unit is flexed backwards with the secondary chin and nose in the air configuration - this often indicates arrogance-contempt - but not always. Another less appreciated emotion it may signal (depending on the other nonverbal signals with which it is clustered) is determination (often seen in arrest mug shots). However it also can be a sign of anger - and that is emotion cluster-context is what is exampled here. What is a fourth emotion this head-neck tilt may be consistent with?

This photo taken only a second later in the video (0:08), shows reduced  mid-face tension, less upper lip thinning and diminished nasal flaring.
Gronkowski's head & neck remained tilted backwards however.

An additional signal of anger - the "Jaw Jut" - wherein the jaw is trusted forward from the lower skull with a resultant "under-bite" appearance - is manifested in this picture. This body language facial expression is best seen in the dynamic context of the video.

Anyone can spot extreme anger. However being able to identify moderate or subtle manifestations of anger gives you at a dramatic advantage .... and may even save your life.

See also:

Nonverbal Communication Analysis # 2346: Texas Shootout & Colorado Killer Suspect Evan Ebel -  Body Language of a Determined Emotional Mindset

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 2462:  Rachel Jeantel responds to Critique of Juror - George Zimmerman vs. State of Florida - Tongue in Cheek Body Language

Nonverbal Communication Analysis # 2374:  Tom Cruise on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and Body Language of Emotional Dissonance

Nonverbal Communication Analysis # 2039:  Fight Outside Florida Courtroom -  Jaw Jut Prior to Violence

Nonverbal Communication Analysis # 1858:  What the Eyes Do - Transitioning from Mild to Severe Anger

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Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 2466: Rob Gronkowski & Aaron Hernandez Recognizing Multiple Body Language Signs of Anger (Video, Photo)

Rob Gronkowski, a tight end for the New England Patriots, was recently interviewed Don Dahler.
When Dahler asked him about his (now former) teammate Aaron Hernandez, who was recently arrested for alleged murder - Gronkowski grew angry. When looking at this video there are several nonverbal signs of anger - how many can you spot?

In this image (captured at 0:07), Gronkowski's eyelids are opened slightly wider than his normal baseline. The lower eyelids are also tightened. In addition his "mustache area" (area between upper lip and nose) is tightened. This is seen with simultaneous thinning of his upper lip (although not dramatic). His nostrils are also slightly dilated.

When the head-neck unit is flexed backwards with the secondary chin and nose in the air configuration - this often indicates arrogance-contempt - but not always. Another less appreciated emotion it may signal (depending on the other nonverbal signals with which it is clustered) is determination (often seen in arrest mug shots). However it also can be a sign of anger - and that is emotion cluster-context is what is exampled here. What is a fourth emotion this head-neck tilt may be consistent with?

This photo taken only a second later in the video (0:08), shows reduced  mid-face tension, less upper lip thinning and diminished nasal flaring.
Gronkowski's head & neck remained tilted backwards however.

An additional signal of anger - the "Jaw Jut" - wherein the jaw is trusted forward from the lower skull with a resultant "under-bite" appearance - is manifested in this picture. This body language facial expression is best seen in the dynamic context of the video.

Anyone can spot extreme anger. However being able to identify moderate or subtle manifestations of anger gives you at a dramatic advantage .... and may even save your life.

See also:

Nonverbal Communication Analysis # 2346: Texas Shootout & Colorado Killer Suspect Evan Ebel -  Body Language of a Determined Emotional Mindset

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 2462:  Rachel Jeantel responds to Critique of Juror - George Zimmerman vs. State of Florida - Tongue in Cheek Body Language

Nonverbal Communication Analysis # 2374:  Tom Cruise on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and Body Language of Emotional Dissonance

Nonverbal Communication Analysis # 2039:  Fight Outside Florida Courtroom -  Jaw Jut Prior to Violence



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Negotiation Nonverbal Communication Secret # 1060: Belichick's Anger

Bill Belichick is pictured here at a recent press conference. The New England Patriots' Head Coach is exemplifying several classic body language signals - four just with his mouth. First note that his lips and mouth opening are stretched and thinned in a horizontal line - which is a strong indicator of anger. In addition, the Coach's lips are rolled inwards (2). This Inward Lip Roll (ILR) is seen when there is anxiety and an attempt to control it. Commonly there is another negative emotion with which it is coupled - often anger, fear, sadness, etc. .... Belichick's psyche is attempting to squelch an outward expression of his emotions. The ILR is also coincident with a clenched and closed jaw (3). This tight jaw configuration along with a jaw jut (see Secret # 273: Anger and Disgust in Azerbaijan and Secret # 757: Asma's Mild Jaw Jut) (4) are nonverbals which also correlate strongly with anger. Often with the ILR, the jaw is not clenched completely closed - because there is less, little or no anger component. In such cases, the lips roll inwards between the teeth and thus give the mouth a different appearance (see: Secret # 531: Sarkozy's Mouth Tells Us What He's Feeling).

Will Billy be displaying any of these nonverbals at tomorrow's post game press conference?

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Negotiation Nonverbal Communication Secret # 1055: The Subtle Lip Purse

This Image of Tom Brady taken during the media availability-press conference in preparation for Super Bowl XLVI yesterday, shows two subtle emotional displays.

Anyone can spot dramatic emotion. I am continually dumbfounded by the percentage of otherwise socially adept, worldly and educated adults who cannot accurately identify moderate, let alone subtle emotional body language cues. The New England quarterback is displaying a very subtle lip purse here (see: Negotiation Secret # 9: Nancy's Lip Purse, for a more obvious example). When the lips are pursed, there is a disagreement taking place. But in a high percentage of the time, the disagreement will not be verbally expressed. In addition, those who display this expression are in a "position of power" wherein they feel they can implement their plan/idea. Thus when you see this nonverbal signal, be prepared for a proverbial "end-run". There is a reason that their opinion is not being openly expressed. Ambush. Hmmm..... perhaps there are some business applications here.

Emotions rarely occur in isolation, and here the Patriots' QB is no exception. Mr. Gisele Bundchen's second emotion is disgust. The specific facial signals to look for here are both the mild tightening of the "mustache area" and particularly his subtle nostril flare. Additionally, he is not looking directly at the person(s) who is (are) the object of his feelings. We don't look directly at those who we don't like, don't respect or don't believe

New York Giants by 7

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