all thanks, in part, to the efforts of his lifelong throwing coach, tom martinez. m brady owes so much, and who, in quickly failing health, now needs so much himself. >> today, we have a couple of celebrities. tommy brady. >> reporter: this was the tom brady who martinez first met, a wispy and unremarkable northern california teen, seeking the expertise of martinez, then a local junior college coach. but martinez would soon become much more than a mere mentor. >> the very first time when tommy got stage fright, before the first game, tom martinez went out and worked with him. and within two minutes, had him fully confident again. >> reporter: the two also remained in near constant contact via text message. and the results are well-known. all of the triumphs and accolades. but it is the man that brady has become that is martinez's greatest work. and now, hope. for several years ago, martinez was diagnosed with diabetes, one of a host of maladies now threatening the coach's life. and without a kidney transplant, martinez's doctors now give him no more than a few month

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all thanks in part to lifelong coach tom martinez who ho brady gave him so much and now needs so mucht. an unremarkable northern california teen seeking the expertise of martinez and a local junior college coach. he would be much more than mere mentor. >> the very first time when tommy got stage fright before the first game, tom martinez worked with him and within two minutes had him fully confident again. >> they remain in constant contact with text message but the man that brady has become is his greatest work. for several years ago martinez was diagnosed with diabetes with a host now threatening his life. without a kidney transplant, martinez doctors give no more than a few months to live. >> my body in the last four years has been brutalized. probably had seven operations. i probably get stuck with a needle 25 times a week. i'm trying to stay alive. i don't want to be immortal but i want to live a little bit longer. >> but martinez didn't teach tom brady to shrink from a challenge. toe so he took to facebook in search of a donor that might help save the life of a man that meant so

. >> pictures throughout the house help tell the story of coach tom martinez long relationship with tom brady. >> if you play any athletic sport when you are young, and you have a pretty good coach, that coach is always somebody you look up to. they don't do wrong. they are the man. and so we started out with that relationship. >>reporter: signed brady jersey hangs on his wall with the no. 12. incidentally brady was 12 years old when he first started working with coach martinez. damar continue east and brady are still in close contact so this play off weekend was an interesting situation because he was rooting for the 49 ers and the patriots. >> tough wvb if new england played the 49 ers. in that case in my opinion you win both ways. >>reporter: beyond pushing for his star pupil l martinez is blown over by the effort brady is making to help him fine the kidney. the quarterback posted on his face book recently that his long time mentor needs help. since then the offer from complete strangers have been coming in. >> from what people are telling me a lot of the people that are volunteering

. >> all thanks in part to the efforts of his life long throwing coach, tom martinez.ch and in quickly failing health he needs so much himself. >> today we have a couple of celebrities, tommy brady. >> this was the martinez he first met. a northern california team was seeking the expertise of martinez, then a local junior college coach. but he would become much more than mentor. >> the very first time when tommy got stage fright before the first game, tom martinez went out and worked with him, and within two minutes had him fully confident again. >> the two also romain in near constant contact via text message and the results are well-known. all the triumph and accolades. but it's the man brady has become that is martinez's greatest work and now hope. for several years martinez was diagnosed with diabetes, one of the host of maladies threatening his life. without a kidney transplant his doctors now give him any more than a few months to live. >> my body in the last four years has been brutalized. i probably had seven operations. i probably get stuck with a needle 25 ti

. >> pictures throughout the house help tell the story of coach tom martinez long relationship with tom brady. >> if you play any athletic sport when you are young, and you have a pretty good coach, that coach is always somebody you look up to. they don't do wrong. they are the man. and so we started out with that relationship. >>reporter: signed brady jersey hangs on his wall with the no. 12. incidentally brady was 12 years old when he first started working with coach martinez. damar continue east and brady are still in close contact so this play off weekend was an interesting situation because he was rooting for the 49 ers and the patriots. >> tough wvb if new england played the 49 ers. in that case in my opinion you win both ways. >>reporter: beyond pushing for his star pupil l martinez is blown over by the effort brady is making to help him fine the kidney. the quarterback posted on his face book recently that his long time mentor needs help. since then the offer from complete strangers have been coming in. >> from what people are telling me a lot of the people that are volunteering

. >> all thanks in part to the efforts of his life long throwing coach, tom martinez.s him so much and in quickly failing health he needs so much himself. >> today we have a couple of celebrities, tommy brady. >> this is the martinez he first met. a northern california team seeking the expertise of martinez, then a local college coach. but he would become much more than mentor. >> the very first time when tommy got stage fright before the first game, tom martin knees went out and worked with him, and within two minutes had him fully confident again. >> the two also romain in near constant contact via text message angle and the results are well-known. all the triumph and accolades. but it's the man brady has become that is martinez's greatest work and now hope. for several years martinez was diagnosed with diabetes, one of the host of maladies threatening his life. without a kidney transplant his doctors now give him any more than a few months to live. >> my body in the last four years has been brutalized. i probably had seven operations. i probably get stuck with a nee

brady spoke to the media this week about the health of his long time friend and quarterback coach tom martinezr-old coach is in desperate need after kidney transplant. he is hopeful his mentor can find a donor. the former coach, martinez lives in the bay area and is working with brady since he was about 13. brady has stayed in touch with martinez throughout his career and in a recent interview with nbc bay area martinez said brady still calls him for advice every few weeks. >> preparations for super bowl xlvi in indianapolis moving along as scheduled. only nine days away from super bowl sunday when the new england patriots face off against the new york giants. crews are putting the finishing touches on super bowl village. it's expected to be one of the big attractions besides the game. they have four zip lines through the heart of the action. the host committee cities lines will be different than other types of zip lines because few are placed in urban settings. you can watch super bowl xlvi here on nbc bay area. >> i'll probably still watch but it still hurts. >> i know. doesn't it. >> nursin

brady spoke to the media this week about the health of his long time friend and quarterback coach tom martinezs in desperate need of a kidney transplant. brady says she hopeful his mentor can soon find a donor. the former coach, martinez lives in the bay area and has been working with brady since he was about 13. brady has stayed in touch with martinez throughout his nfl career and in a recent interview with nbc bay area martinez says brady still calls him for advice every few weeks. >> cool. we wish him well. the heart of wine country could have a moratorium on new wineyard products. the commissioner wants new regulations for vineyard projects that call for a considerable amount of tree removal. he is worried taking too many tree from hillsides will leave the area more vulnerable to slides and erosion. the wine makers say they are stunned by the development and wonder why they were not consulted. supervisors will consider the proposal on tuesday. >> 6:56. we continue to follow breaking news at san jose state university where police say a student was sexually assaulted in a dorm room. stephani

. >> that's tom martinez who worked with brady since junior high school. the former coach is battling life-threatening kidney conditions. we interviewed him at his home. he's been personal quarterback coach and mentor to brady. throughout his coaching career, martinez has employed a unique teaching tool that employs the telephone. >> i gave a quarter to the guys i worked with and i said if you need help, if you have any information that's lacking in what we went through and you may not be aware of that that you start to do it, give me a call and here's the quarter. i will never call you, you have to call me. tom brady calls all the time. >> reporter: brady is now calling for donors to help his coach through the massachusetts-based organization matching donors. assisting people in need of organ transplants. as a quarterback, being one of the greatest of all time is constantly a conversation, because brady and winning have been so synonymous. >> he plays in an offense where their main goal is to win and that's what they do. so when you put together the colle

advancing into this picture perfect coastal region much of the wildlife is coming under threat martinez tom barton takes up the story. feeding time polluted the tiger he was found starving in the forest as a six month old cub he's now nineteen years old has a pair of platinum false teeth and as a siberian tiger he's one of an increasingly scarce breed in this region's forests a home to some of the world's rarest big cats but they also host loggers timber mills and illegal hunters who stand to make a great profit here and whose activities have pushed those same leopards and tigers to the brink of extinction. load miller looks after tigers there's deer in fact just about any injured forest animals that arrive at her center as well as poachers it's forestry and the impact it has on local habitats that concerns her to go. to tigers need a lot of territory to survive there can be a lot together when there's forestry the animals they prey on are scared off and so the tigers have to leave killing it off so what it really comes down to is russia's endless forests being assaulted by the power of ind