Quotes from Steve Young

I have somewhat [Taylor's or Gallagher's guitars], but I like the power of the Martins.

I heard black people sing and the emotion was overwhelming to me. The power of that with all the built in sorrow and joy was just overwhelming to me as a little kid. It was the real deal.

I'm a positive person.

I loved playing Dallas.

The best West Coast coaching job I've seen was when Mike Shanahan left the 49ers, became the head coach in Denver and made it available to John Elway.

If quarterbacks learned the West Coast offense in college, oh man - it would make a huge difference.

When I played for the 49ers, we loved to see man-to-man defense. I could get the ball quickly to the receivers.

To play 18 years as a pro and have a great college career, it's awesome.

There's some glory years, where if you play long enough and you've figured the game out, and physically you're still healthy enough, there are some years in there where you can really be productive. And those are fun years.

I always likened retirement to falling off a cliff, and then you have to kind of brush yourself off.

At the time I retired I was kind of known for it, as one of the guys whose career ended technically as a result of a big hit.

The principle is competing against yourself. It's about self-improvement, about being better than you were the day before.

As a kid, I was fearless during the day. But at nighttime, I needed to be home.

My dad's an old football player.

While it's great for a quarterback to have athletic ability, his goal is to get the ball out of his hand, orchestrate the offense and not allow his ability to stand in the way of the offense running efficiently.

I'm willing to share my experiences with any young quarterback.

There are a lot of places you can play quarterback and you won't know. You won't know if you're good or bad because there's just not a chance to find out.

I think I always wanted to be quarterback so I could call the play.

So the truth is, if there's a lesson to be learned from mobile quarterbacks, it is deliver the ball from the pocket, which demands mastery of the data that is involved working in the pocket, which is, 'I know everything about everything.'

Over time, I learned that how a quarterback moves the chains and leads his team to touchdowns is about as important as whether he actually does it or not.

I think when you look at the quarterback position, and this mastery of the craft we talk about, it really is an advanced degree. It's like going to med school, or law school, or getting your PH.D. It really is that type of educational effort, on the field and off the field.

Obviously, I love the idea of athletic quarterbacks.

Call me a quarterback, not a running quarterback.

When you play quarterback in San Francisco, not much goes under the radar.