Steve Young

“I've played more golf with Joe Montana and Steve Bono than I've played with anyone else. We've played a ton of golf. I always tell people; my relationship with Joe was as good as it could be...”

“Bye weeks are nerve‑wracking.”

“Most veterans detested training camp, but not me. I loved having a dorm room and a little fridge with snacks, and I looked forward to goofing around in the meetings.”

“No one will ever say Dwight Clark was selfish.”

“The demands of excellent NFL quarterbacking I always said took every piece of me, emotionally, physically, mentally, spiritually. It was like it just took it all, and I think that was what w...”

“I've come to a real understanding of the enormity of what owner entrepreneurs do in founding great businesses. They are rare and a thing of art in many ways.”

“BYU I think had a philosophy of nameless, faceless athletes for the greater good of BYU which is fine. We all did our thing and we're grateful for it.”

“My favorite player I ever played was Reggie White. He played so ferociously. What I loved about playing against him was the millisecond you went down, he became your friend and would ask, 'H...”

“I got good grades. I played sports.”

“I loved playing Green Bay.”

“I grew up in Greenwich, Connecticut.”

“I always look at the NBA as kind of a muddled mess in the regular season, and then you just get in the tournament, just get in. And then the great teams just get on a roll and play well or t...”

“As a kid, I was fearless during the day. But at nighttime, I needed to be home.”

“I have a photographic memory that enables me to visualize what everyone in the huddle is supposed to do on each of the hundreds of plays in our playbook.”

“If you're playing for 10 or 15 years, you can't every week run six option plays. It can be around. It can be a part of the game, but sooner or later you've got to deliver the ball from the p...”

“The pistol isn't going to go away, but the job in the long run is going to be to deliver the ball from the pocket.”

“You become a leader in times of trouble. Leaders emerge when things don't go well. When everyone else starts pointing fingers, a leader takes responsibility.”

“When it's all over I might be able to say I've had the strangest career in pro football history.”

“I don't think my experience with professional football has been what you'd call normal but I don't regret it.”

“The scary thing is I took 12 years of French, and I can barely say, 'My name is... ' And that's not because of the concussions.”