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
play years trying
If I could still play, I would be trying. It's been 15 years.
nice people trying
Yeah, it's nice to look up to people, but the more you try to be somebody else, the less you are of yourself.
football nfl trying
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.
autograph fun parties players turns
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.
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.
good starting
When you're first starting out, it's good to be a little scared,
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.
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.
last offense tough
Last year, ... that offense put him in a lot of tough spots.
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.
games guy lost opportunity talking
It's about opportunity and confidence, ... You're talking about a guy who lost two games in college. He's a top-notch quarterback.
basketball spin
It's an old basketball move, ... Spin away from your man, remember?
matter protect
It really doesn't matter if they can't protect the quarterback,
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.