Joe Montana Top 33 Quotes

Joe Montana is a well-known American former professional football player who spent 16 seasons as a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). His career began with the San Francisco 49ers and was later linked to the Kansas City Chiefs.

Similarly, he won a national title at Notre Dame, which qualifies him to begin his NFL career with San Francisco. He also holds three Super Bowl career records and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2000. He is and will always be fantastic. Now, proceed to his best 33 quotes, which are mentioned below.

1. “I don’t live in the past. I just live in the enjoyment of the game.”― Joe Montana

2. “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.”― Joe Montana

3. “There is nothing worse for me than sitting in traffic. That’s what killed me in L.A.”― Joe Montana

4. “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.”― Joe Montana

5. “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.”― Joe Montana

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

7. “There’s no thrill like throwing a touchdown pass.”― Joe Montana

8. “IN SPORTS… YOU PLAY FROM THE TIME YOU’RE EIGHT YEARS OLD, AND THEN YOU’RE DONE FOREVER.”― JOE MONTANA

9. “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.”― Joe Montana

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

11. “Installing a new offense is harder than a new defense. It just takes time.”― Joe Montana

12. “Always be prepared to start.”― Joe Montana

13. “I miss the game – I miss it a lot.”― Joe Montana

14. “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.”― Joe Montana

15. “Confidence is a very fragile thing.”― Joe Montana

16. “Some guys practice like all-Americans, but they can’t play!”― Joe Montana

17. “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.”― Joe Montana

18. “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.”― Joe Montana

19. “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.”― JOE MONTANA

20. “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.”― Joe Montana

21. “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.”― Joe Montana

22. “If I could still play, I would be trying. It’s been 15 years.”― Joe Montana

23. “I don’t watch a lot of the games on Sunday. But I always kept an eye on the 49ers.”― Joe Montana

24. “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.”― Joe Montana

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

26. “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.”― Joe Montana

27. “My back only bugs me when I sleep wrong. I feel my knee more than anything, the left one. It’s arthritic.”― Joe Montana

28. “I don’t live in the past.”― Joe Montana

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

30. “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.”― Joe Montana

31. “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!”― Joe Montana

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

33. “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.”― Joe Montana

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