The best Quotes by Joe Montana

Confidence is a very fragile thing.

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.

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.

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.

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

I think I could describe the perfect quarterback. Take a little piece of everybody. Take John Elway's arm, Dan Marino's release, maybe Troy Aikman's drop-back, Brett Favre's scrambling ability, Joe Montana's two-minute poise, and, naturally, my speed.

The quarterback is going to be judged, fair or unfair, on success in the playoffs. You remember the quarterbacks - Terry Bradshaw, Joe Montana, Tom Brady - who have won three or four Super Bowls.

We don't have to say we're great. Our 5 rings say it for us.

Red and Gold 'til I'm dead and cold.

It's been a long year to get to this point and we got it done today. We can't wait to get to Vegas!

The end of this thing will tell the story. I'm not saying I'm the best quarterback, but I have some gunslinger in me, and you look at some of the throws I make, you look at some of the windows I throw it into.

Everybody's got to come to Levi's, and we're trying to spank everybody that comes to Levi's.

We still have left stuff out there, where we can be our best and still reach our full potential. I don't know if we'll ever be able to reach that just because that's like a perfect game and I don't know if you can play an exactly perfect game in the NFL.

In England, they drive on the left side of the road.
In Pennsylvania we drive on what's left of the road.

They say money can't buy happiness, but it can buy a flight to Pennsylvania - and that's pretty much the same thing.

The quarterback is the leader of the team and the quarterback is the one that has the ball in his hands every single play.

The job of the QB is not to throw the ball between the 8's. But to put the ball anywhere in my area code and I must answer the call with a reception.

At the quarterback position I would say mental is just as important as physical.

It's a headache, chasing a guy around. I'd rather play against a quarterback that sits still.

I'm retiring as a football player from the University of Tennessee who played for the Colts and the Broncos and was very lucky to have played for all of them.

There are other players who were more talented, but there is no one who could out-prepare me.

I've been a Colt for almost all of my adult life, but I guess in life, and in sports, we all know nothing lasts forever. Times change, circumstances change, and that's the reality of playing in the NFL.

Jordan Love is going to be a great player. He's a f*cking great kid.

I'm an old guy, so I want to be part of a team that can win it all, and I believe that this is a place where we get that done.

I'm excited about the new adventure here in New York. The Jets smoked us last year, so I knew they had a good team.

I've always been a Packer, always will be a Packer.

Hey, you got any left-handed footballs?

Losing doesn't eat at me the way it used to. I just get ready for the next play, the next game, the next season.

Just remember that nothing is as bad as it seems and nothing is as good as it sometimes appears.

I'll get to the point right away. I'm retiring. For good. You only get one super emotional retirement essay and I used mine out last year.

We're playing in this very, very cool arena where Bayern Munich plays, kind of the country's top soccer team, and it looks amazing in pictures. The chance to go across to another country, play a sport that I love... there's 3 million ticket requests for 67,000 seats. So the place is gonna be rocking and if it's anything like what I see in those German Bundesliga games this is gonna be one of the most epic games that we've ever played in. So I'm super excited.

I'm always happy-go-lucky, and people look at me and find it shocking that I could be depressed.

When Brian told me he grew up in New Mexico, I told him I thought it is cool that people from other countries play football. He corrected me on my geography and agreed to sit down with me anyway.

You gotta fight... for your right... to Lombaaardi!

I wish all of this football would stop interrupting the commercials.

Being different isn't a bad thing. It means you're brave enough to be yourself.

Anything is possible if you got enough nerve.

Winning isn't getting ahead of others, it is getting ahead of yourself.

Saphira: "Live in the present, remember the past, and fear not the future, for it doesn't exist and never shall. There is only now."

Scott Hanson: "If it comes down to it, Brock. It's late in the fourth quarter, are you prepared to disappoint Taylor Swift?"
Brock Purdy: "Yes."

We're not done, dawg, I want three!

Congrats to the Kansas City Chiefs, MVP Patrick Mahomes, Coach Reid, Travis Kelce, Chris Jones, Mecole Hardman, and the rest of the champs for another Lombardi Trophy. Grace under pressure.

I like football. I find its an exciting strategic game. Its a great way to avoid conversation with your family at Thanksgiving.

One candidate is too old and mentally unfit to be president. The other one is me.