Top 60 Frank Gore Quotes

I’m going to be a Niner, you know, I’ve been there – that’s who drafted me, gave me the opportunity to come into this league, to be a professional ball player, and I was there 10 years, man.

I’m not going to be done until the man up above says so. It’s not me, it’s Him. As long as I’m healthy enough to be out there and train and my body feels good, I’m going to do it.

I feel like every year it’s something with me. I’ve got to overcome everything every year.

I know that every team likes a guy who’s going to try their best and work very hard.

I want to be remembered as a guy who played the game of football right.

I knew that I wasn’t the smartest kid in school, but I knew that I had a way to get out if I did the right things in sports.

You’ve got to know what helps you be successful during the season.

If I can go compete with the young guys during training in the offseason, I should be fine during football.

If you know sports in Dade County, you know me.

When you come from Miami, you’re used to winning.

Before I got injured, football was very easy, I didn’t have to work out.

I want to make an impact.

Nowadays, kids need promises to play. And I’m not gonna lie, I almost went to Mississippi. But that’s the best thing I did, when I changed my mind and went to Miami.

I tried the Xenith helmet later in my career and immediately wished I had done it earlier. It was comfortable, secure, and allowed me to perform without distractions.

I want to show guys that when they get up in age, if you love the game and you go out and work hard, it shouldn’t matter what age you are.

I was always a hard worker, but when I was younger I didn’t have to put the extra work in like some of the other guys.

I’ve always strived to prove people wrong.

But I look at Anquan Boldin the same. If you watch us, we’re similar players. We’re not the fastest, we’re not the biggest, but we get it done. I think we’re just football players.

To be able to be mentioned with guys like Emmitt, Walter Payton, Barry Sanders, Curtis Martin and my man LaDainian Tomlinson, it’s a blessing.

As long as God blesses me in the morning to get up and work hard, I’m going to take advantage of it.

I just think I respect the game and care for the game so much.

Whatever I feel like I’m good at, I try my best to do.

When you’re looking from the outside looking in, you don’t know what’s in the locker room until you get there.

My first time playing running back in a real game, I had eight touchdowns.

I don’t care what age I am. If I continue to train and feel good and enjoy the locker room and this organization wants me and I feel I can do it, I’m going to do it, no matter what my age.

I like to work out with the young guys.

As long as I’m healthy and feeling good, I will compete with anybody.

How I pick running backs, I always go off what situation they’re in. I look at guys and what they had around them.

When training camp comes, all the guys in my running back room will see how hard I go every day.

I hear all the critics, man. I hear them saying ‘He’s done.’ I hear them saying ‘He can’t.’ I hear all that. That keeps me going.

I just always told myself that I can never get big-headed if I become successful.

I don’t really have a best friend.

When I see a guy on the football field huffing and puffing, I know I got an advantage over him.

Once I got into the league, I liked to watch LaDainian Tomlinson. He was nice, man. Quick, strong, great eyes, able to catch the ball.

I train hard.

If I feel like I can’t play ball anymore, I’ll stop that day. I’m not a fool. I respect the game too much.

Coming up, I thought Barry Sanders was the best running back ever.

My neighborhood, Coconut Grove, we always played in the streets. It was corner against corner. We all had football teams. Different neighborhoods.

When you hear coaches say your son is good, sometimes you think they are just saying it because it’s you.

I take it one game at a time, one year at a time.

I’m very competitive.

You can be talented, but having great talent isn’t enough. You have to work every day or someone will pass you up.

I want to make sure I’m not the last NFL player to come out of the Grove.

My mom, how she raised me, my brothers, my cousins, when I was a kid with one bedroom for 12 people… You think about all that, and God blessed me to get somewhere and do something I love and do something I’ve done since I was a kid. And blessed me with the talent to do it.

Defensive guys don’t really understand. It’s totally different for offense. Defensive guys are convinced they know us but they just don’t understand. Quarterbacks have so much that they have to read and adjust to. They have to look at everybody on the defense. It’s totally different for the offense.

Whatever the coach calls, I’m going to give 110 percent.

I’ve been blessed to make pretty good money over the years.

My first goal was to play in the NFL.

I’m not the fastest guy, but when it comes to agility, getting in and out of cuts and seeing something and going to get it, I do my best to make sure that’s on point.

I can’t really grip the ball with my left hand.

As long as you train and love to compete, you can do whatever you want.

I could’ve easily gone the other way, but luckily, I had football and the dream to play in the NFL so I could do something positive with my life.

I have young guys come up to me after games and say they want to train with me and they don’t know how I do it. It’s God, it’s training and it’s love for the game.

I just want to go out there and try to get my respect from my teammates and my coaches.

When you think about retiring, you’re done. You already checked out.

When something you love gets taken away, it hurts you.

I don’t put nothing past no man who ever played the game of football.

People said I would be in the league for two to three years and then I would be done. I have been blessed to keep going, and also have success.

When it’s time to play, I’m going to come play. I’m going to play the right way. I’m going to try to help my team in all directions, blocking and catching. If I don’t have the ball in my hand, I’m going to protect, block down the field. I’m going to do whatever it takes to win.

I’m only a player; I only do what my coach says.