Joe Montana

“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. You are baby-sitting rich, spoiled kids... I don't know where you parked your car!”

“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.”

“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 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.”

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

“There's no thrill like throwing a touchdown pass.”

“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.”

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

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

“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.”

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

“My back only bugs me when I sleep wrong. I feel my knee more than anything, the left one. It's arthritic. I have a bad nerve in the back of my eye.”

“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.”

“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.”

“I miss the game - I miss it a lot.”

“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.”

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

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

“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.”