Quotes from Joe Montana

Especially in football, it is not a QB's game... even though the media likes to make it into that - it takes the whole team.

I don't watch a lot of the games on Sunday. But I always kept an eye on the 49ers. I think Mike Singletary has made a big difference. He's done a tremendous job.

I don't watch a lot of the games on Sunday. But I always kept an eye on the 49ers.

You know, I've had blowups with my coach too. The same thing happens, it just wasn't as evident back then because they didn't have so many cameras and ways to see things happen.

The game is just, everybody talks about baseball, but I really think football probably has a little bit more American feeling than anything.

I mean the game is just, everybody talks about baseball but I really think football probably has a little bit more American feeling than anything.

Some guys practice like all-Americans but they can't play!

Always be prepared to start.

In sports... you play from the time you're eight years old, and then you're done forever.

Winners, I am convinced, imagine their dreams first. They want it with all their heart and expect it to come true. There is, I believe, no other way to live.

Yeah, I think it motivates you as people start to count you out. It doesn't make you play any harder, because every time you go out on the field you give 110 percent, but it does give you more of an edge mentally, knowing that you were in the same situation, because in sports you always find yourself behind.

Man, coaching is a hard job, and it requires a lot of time... I hear stories from coaches who tell me that players call them in the middle of the night not knowing where they parked their car.

Winners, I am convinced, imagine their dreams first. They want it with all their heart and expect it to come true. There is, I believe, no other way to live.

As a quarterback, there's no better way to finish your year, in winning a Super Bowl, than with a touchdown pass. The chances of that happening, by the looks of most of the Super Bowls, is a very rare chance. Fortunately for me, I had an opportunity.

My mother and father, Joe and Theresa Montana brought me along and taught me to never quit, and to strive to be the best.

In sports... you play from the time you're eight years old, and then you're done forever.

Installing a new offense is harder than a new defense. It just takes time.

There is nothing worse for me than sitting in traffic. That's what killed me in L.A.

If I could still play, I would be trying. It's been 15 years.

I don't live in the past.

I don't live in the past. I just live in the enjoyment of the game.

There's no thrill like throwing a touchdown pass.

Yeah, it's nice to look up to people, but the more you try to be somebody else, the less you are of yourself.

Yeah, I think it motivates you as people start to count you out. It doesn't make you play any harder, because every time you go out on the field you give 110 percent, but it does give you more of an edge mentally, knowing that you were in the same situation, because in sports you always find yourself behind.