Joe Montana
Joe Montana
Joseph Clifford "Joe" Montana, Jr., nicknamed Joe Cool and The Comeback Kid, is a retired American football quarterback. He played in the National Football Leaguefor the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs. After winning a college national championship at Notre Dame, Montana started his NFL career in 1979 with San Francisco, where he played for the next 14 seasons. Traded before the 1993 season, he spent his final two years in the league with the Kansas City Chiefs. While...
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth11 June 1956
games missing
I miss the game - I miss it a lot.
basketball college forget good guys offered
You guys forget I was a pretty good basketball player. They offered me a college scholarship in that, too.
bowl great home moved super
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.
last offense tough
Last year, ... that offense put him in a lot of tough spots.
bit everybody feeling talks
The game is just, everybody talks about baseball, but I really think football probably has a little bit more American feeling than anything.
likes media takes though work
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.
arm door legs run worry
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.
girls growing missed possibly
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.
ability brady charge looks offense taken type
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.
blood check elevated expecting knew next physical pressure year
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.
horizontal job neither throw unless
Unless they do a better job up front, neither one can throw from the horizontal position,
missed wife
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.
good starting
When you're first starting out, it's good to be a little scared,
affect
I'm an athlete. I'd been working out all my life, so I thought, It won't affect me.