Quotes from Frank Gore

When I'm done, whenever I feel like I'm done, I'm going to come back and retire as a Niner.

Some guys go to different teams and as they get older, they just want to ride the coattail of the younger guys. I don't want to do that.

I'm better learning by somebody showing me something. I got to see and then do it. You can't be scared to ask for help.

I don't want to just be part of a team, I want to help a team, and I don't want anyone to say I rode the bench to get a ring.

I don't really have a best friend.

I've been boxing for a while now, and I probably could fight a little bit if I wanted to.

My first year playing Pop Warner football, my mom had to change my birth certificate because I was too young. I was 5, I think, and you were supposed to be 6.

Whatever the coach calls, I'm going to give 110 percent.

When training camp comes, all the guys in my running back room will see how hard I go every day.

When you think about retiring, you're done. You already checked out.

My coaches respect me - the way I come to work, practice and play.

When you hear coaches say your son is good, sometimes you think they are just saying it because it's you.

If I can go compete with the young guys during training in the offseason, I should be fine during football.

As long as you train and love to compete, you can do whatever you want.

As long as I stay consistent as my career goes, I'm good with it.

If you know sports in Dade County, you know me.

My mom, how she raised me, my brothers, my cousins, when I was a kid with one bedroom for 12 people... You think about all that, and God blessed me to get somewhere and do something I love and do something I've done since I was a kid. And blessed me with the talent to do it.

I hear all the critics, man. I hear them saying 'He's done.' I hear them saying 'He can't.' I hear all that. That keeps me going.

As long as God blesses me in the morning to get up and work hard, I'm going to take advantage of it.

I'm not a talker. But I will show in practice the way I work and the way I love the game.

I'm not a talker unless I really feel I have to say something.

I've been blessed to make pretty good money over the years.

I just want to go out there and try to get my respect from my teammates and my coaches.

When it's time to play, I'm going to come play. I'm going to play the right way. I'm going to try to help my team in all directions, blocking and catching. If I don't have the ball in my hand, I'm going to protect, block down the field. I'm going to do whatever it takes to win.