Joe Montana Quotations

Cause there's only one reason for doing anything that you set out to do. if you don't want to be the best, then there's no reason going out and trying to accomplish anything.

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

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

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.

You need to be able to work with people. 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.

Some people have no respect whether you are with your family or not. That's the hardest part. I was shopping in a grocery store in Seattle looking for stuff for Nicholas. This guy kept following me with his cell phone video on.

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

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.

Any quarterback that understands what the offense is really about is going to succeed.

I miss the game - I miss it a lot.

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

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.

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

My back only bugs me when I sleep wrong. I feel my knee more than anything, the left one. It's arthritic.

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.

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.

There's no thrill like throwing a touchdown pass.

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

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

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.

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

As a quarterback, you have to love it. As much as you like to turn around and hand the ball off - the whole traditional football game - as a quarterback, you gotta love putting it in the air.

I started a business with two guys I played with, Ronnie Lott and Harris Barton: Champion Ventures, it's a fund of funds. We have $400 million or so under management.

When I was playing, I missed my two girls' (events). They look up (in the stands) and myself and my wife are not there. I want to be there for the boys.

Last year, ... that offense put him in a lot of tough spots.

From one year to the next I went to a physical and was expecting to just check the box. The next thing I knew my blood pressure was elevated and I had to see a cardiologist.

Unless they do a better job up front, neither one can throw from the horizontal position,

I think it's great. He's really taken charge of the offense and looks confident. I always thought that Brady had the ability to be this type of player.

I was always scheduled to be done Friday. I missed my two girls growing up, so if I have it in my control, I get here if I possibly can.

I think I could, ... My arm still works. It's my legs I worry about. ...If I could run from here to that door over there, I would.

When you're first starting out, it's good to be a little scared,

You guys forget I was a pretty good basketball player. They offered me a college scholarship in that, too.

To me, it's more important to be home with my boys. The Super Bowl is a great event, but I've moved on with my life.

I usually come in for work. All the parties are for the fans. When the players go it is no fun and it turns into an autograph session.

It's about opportunity and confidence, ... You're talking about a guy who lost two games in college. He's a top-notch quarterback.

It's an old basketball move, ... Spin away from your man, remember?

It really doesn't matter if they can't protect the quarterback,

I'm an athlete. I'd been working out all my life, so I thought, It won't affect me.

I really took the lead on putting together the real estate fund-to-funds, ... Real estate was always interesting to me.

He pushed me and pushed us ... to seek perfection. If you miss perfection, you end up with greatness, and he could handle that, but nothing less.

He played terrible in the game and he knows it. He wants to redeem himself.

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

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.

It is the greatest game that I've ever been around. It'll continue to get better and be the greatest.

I really took the lead on putting together the real estate fund-to-funds. Real estate was always interesting to me.

I have a fear of failure.

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

Chiropractic care works for me. I've been seeing a chiroprctor and he's really been helping me out a lot. Chiropractic's been a big part of my game.

Chiropractic's been a big part of my game!

I had six or seven documented concussions, so I had a lot more than that. But I feel fine.

Confidence is a very fragile thing.

I don't live in the past.

Always be prepared to start.

Don't complain about not getting a chance and then be unprepared when you finally do.

When the game is over I just want to look at myself in the mirror, win or lose, and know I gave it everything I had.