Hall of Famers

HOF Mail Bag - Joe Montana

09/30/2005

Joe MontanaJoe, You are considered by many to be the greatest quarterback of all time. How do you feel about this and who do you consider to be the greatest quarterback ever? - L. Bell

I don't know if you can say or you could do that with anybody. It's too difficult, you have guys that played many, many years ago that I joke and I say when the ball was a different shape. So it's hard to compare guys. So I don't know, it's just nice to be mentioned in the same group as a lot of those guys.

Joe, of all the 49er teams that you played on, which did you consider to be the best? - Fran Haefner, Lancaster PA

Probably the '84 team, I think it was probably the most sound. It might not have been the most talented but I think it was probably the best overall team.

Joe MontanaYou were recruited by Notre Dame, you had a brilliant NFL career, and you went on to be a first ballot Hall of Fame inductee. How was it that every team passed on you twice and some teams three times when you were drafted, and did that help get your career started by giving you something extra to prove to everyone? - Scott Bressler

It wouldn't have been so bad sitting there thinking you were looked over but a lot of teams tell, unfortunately tell people, not only myself, but other athletes, that they are going to be drafted in certain rounds. And, I was told I was going to be taken in the first. So I think that made it hard.  Otherwise, I wouldn't have concerned myself with it. It was not a motivating factor.

Mr. Montana, You have given football fans great thrills over the years, from Super Bowl wins to come-from-behind victories. My question is, out of all those games, is there one moment during any of those wins where you sat back and thought "Did we just pull that off?" Because all of us sure did most of the time. - Thank you. - Rick Evans

Not really, but there is one that sticks out more than any and that would be the Super Bowl win over Cincinnati in '90 where I threw the touchdown pass to win the Super Bowl. I did that about a thousand or two times growing up as a kid.

Joe MontanaJoe, I live about ten minutes from your hometown of New Eagle, Pennsylvania. The people around here still love you. What does this area mean to you today and do you still have family around? You're the greatest and always will be, remember the Mon Valley loves you. - Von Braddock

I do still have family there. I think of it all the time and it means the world. I think it was the reason that I got to where I was.  It was part of the background and growing up in that area.

Joe, What do you think about the comparisons being made between you and Tom Brady? - Shawn Lewis

You know, as I said in an earlier questions, it's hard to compare people. I do think that we have similar type personalities and that's why they compare us more than anything. He's obviously off to a lot better start at a younger age than I was so he may blow by everybody.


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Recent Comments
  • Margie Prentice - October 30 2010 08:11 AM

    Joe, this 69 year old Widowed Grandma, carries a Purse Size note book in her purse. I have a cutout photo 3"x5" laminated of you with your 4 Super Bowl rings on. I have had it for Several Years now. I know you went to Notre Dame, and I and my deceased husband were both from Indiana and followed your career faithfully. My husband was in the military for over 20 years, a Vietnam Veteran who I lost in July 2008 from agent orange. You were our favorite for years, even during our over seas tours. I want you to know we are very proud of you even though you don't know us, I wanted you to know. Blessings for you and yours always. Margie

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  • steven and james clarke - September 11 2010 03:35 PM

    mr. montana you rock you were so cool headed when you moved the 80-90 yards down the field to win the super bowl my dad and i read a book last year about your life starting at notre dame and ending with super bowl victories with the 49ers im a 12 year old boy that never got to see you play but i heard that you were one of the greatest "QB" of all time and i was wondering if you ever watch the 49ers play any more or if you watch any super bowls anymore? your fan steven and daddy YOUR #1!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  • Sylvia Domingue - August 08 2010 05:29 PM

    Joe, You are one of the greatest quarterbacks ever to play the game and I feel that a great player such as youself should remain with the team that linked you to fame and end your career with the 49ers. How did you feel about leaving San Francisco and going to Kansas City? Thanks, Sylvia Domingue

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  • Sylvia Domingue - August 08 2010 05:22 PM

    Mr.Joe Montana aka "Joe Cool". You have thrilled me & America for almost 20yrs. and it all started on Jan.10,1982 against Dallas at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. I was a die hard Cowboy fan & was so confident the Cowboys were going to win, but I learned it was not over until "Joe Cool" says its over!I knew after witnessing that pass to Dwight Clark, sealing a 28-27 49ers victory, I was seeing the beginning of greatness in the makng.Joe, you earned the respect of a Cowboy fan & America that day! You are as Tina Turner put so beautifully to music,"You're Simply the Best" quarterback ever to grace the football field! Your induction to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2000 was a well deserved honor ending an illustrious career.Thank You, Joe.... YOU'RE THE MAN!!!!!!!

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  • Taylor Call - February 01 2010 06:32 PM

    Mr. Joe Montana, You are so awsome. My mom says you and joe Namthem are the two best quarterbacks ever. She talks about you all the time. I'm writing a project for writing class and i'm doing it on you. I was just wondering how you felt when the 49ers wouldn't let you try out for first string postoin? Thanks-Taylor Call

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