A biography for Steve Younghasn’t been written yet.
“If I could have my kids be great when the lights are on, whatever the moment is, to be accountable and then fix it, they're going to be fine.”
“Football's an intense game. I love that. It's awesome.”
“I went to law school.”
“My biggest problem when I was younger was trying to balance my ability with what the team needed me to do to officially run the offense.”
“I've played more golf with Joe Montana and Steve Bono than I've played with anyone else. We've played a ton of golf. I always tell people; my relationship with Joe was as good as it could be.”
“There's a negative effect when you run around without exhausting everything that happens with the play call.”
“You can play with a brain that is injured - you can't play with an injured knee. That's the problem.”
“I'm a positive person.”
“My favorite player I ever played was Reggie White. He played so ferociously. What I loved about playing against him was the millisecond you went down, he became your friend and would ask, 'How's your family?' In a way that could feel weird and awkward.”
“Staying connected to the game and working for ESPN are very meaningful to me.”
“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.'”
“You don't know the demons people deal with, and you just have no idea.”
“When you play quarterback in San Francisco, not much goes under the radar.”
“I believe there will be players who, instead of playing eight years, will play six. Who will closely watch how they feel. It will shorten careers.”
“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.”
“Golf is important to me. I love the game.”
“I always likened retirement to falling off a cliff, and then you have to kind of brush yourself off.”
“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.”
“Most people have an off switch and they choose when to go all out.”
“I'm willing to share my experiences with any young quarterback.”