Robert Horry wants more respect for winning 7 NBA championships

Former NBA forward Robert Horry is hitting back at critics who took issue with him welcoming Tom Brady to the "7 Chip Club."

Horry, a seven-time champion, tweeted a congratulatory message to Brady after the Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback won his seventh Super Bowl on Sunday.

Some people responded to the tweet by trying to undermine Horry's success, which he didn't appreciate.

"A part of you gets mad because I don't think people outside the NBA family - and when I say 'NBA' I'm saying coaches and players - they don't really respect what I did and they don't really understand what I did and what I was able to accomplish," Horry told Melissa Rohlin of Fox Sports. "It's always, 'Oh he was a part. Oh, he was a part.' Yeah, I was a part, but I was a significant part.

"You can't have Kool-Aid without sugar, and I was the sugar to most of that stuff."

Horry played 16 seasons in the NBA, winning two titles with the Houston Rockets, three with the Los Angeles Lakers, and another two with the San Antonio Spurs.

"I'm proud of what I was able to accomplish," Horry said. "I'm proud of what I did."