SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS QUOTES

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

To me it was never about what I accomplished on the football field, it was about the way I played the game.

— Jerry Rice

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 on winning

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 on leadership

I can write off 1967. It has not been especially enjoyable or educational. I blame myself for two things: I wasn’t prepared, and I haven’t improved a bit since college.

— Steve Spurrier on his struggles as a rookie with 49ers