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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

Business, Started, Harris, Ronnie

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

Some, Guy, Part, No Respect

There is nothing worse for me than sitting in traffic. That's what killed me in L.A.

- Joe Montana

Me, Nothing, Than, Traffic

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

Mother And Father, Joe, Montana

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

Play, Behind, I Think, Every Time

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

Tell, Your, Hard Job, Not Knowing

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

Tell, Hard Job, Lot, Not Knowing

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

Winners, Other, Imagine, I Believe

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

Back, Same Thing, Had, Evident

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

Bad, More, Back, Nerve

Confidence is a very fragile thing.

- Joe Montana

Confidence, Fragile, Very, Fragile Thing

Any quarterback that understands what the offense is really about is going to succeed.

- Joe Montana

Succeed, Going, Offense, Understands

If I could still play, I would be trying. It's been 15 years.

- Joe Montana

Play, Been, Still, If I Could

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

Year, Very, Bowls, Chances

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

Doing, Reason, Set, No Reason

I had six or seven documented concussions, so I had a lot more than that. But I feel fine.

- Joe Montana

Seven, More, Six, Documented

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

Love, Game, Football Game, Hand

Installing a new offense is harder than a new defense. It just takes time.

- Joe Montana

New, Defense, Offense, Harder

My back only bugs me when I sleep wrong. I feel my knee more than anything, the left one. It's arthritic.

- Joe Montana

More, Back, Feel, Bugs

Some guys practice like all-Americans but they can't play!

- Joe Montana

Practice, Play, Some, Guys

I miss the game - I miss it a lot.

- Joe Montana

Game, Lot, Miss

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

Game, Though, Whole, Likes

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

Game, Need, Though, Likes

I don't watch a lot of the games on Sunday. But I always kept an eye on the 49ers.

- Joe Montana

Eye, Always, Lot, Sunday

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

Think, Big, Always, Sunday

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

Game, Think, Everybody, Talks

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

Game, Think, Everybody, Talks

There's no thrill like throwing a touchdown pass.

- Joe Montana

Like, Pass, Throwing, Thrill

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

More, Less, Yeah, Somebody

In sports... you play from the time you're eight years old, and then you're done forever.

- Joe Montana

Sports, Play, Old, Eight

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