When your name gets mentioned with the great guys that played this game in the past, that's very big.
— Frank Gore
As long as you train and love to compete, you can do whatever you want.
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've always strived to prove people wrong.
I'm not a talker unless I really feel I have to say something.
I train hard.
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 like to work out with the young guys.
I feel like every year it's something with me. I've got to overcome everything every year.
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.
I like Coach Harbaugh a lot. No issues.
I just want to go out there and try to get my respect from my teammates and my coaches.
I don't want to just be part of a team, I want to help a team, and I don't want anyone to say I rode the bench to get a ring.
When I went to high school, my whole neighborhood, they followed me. They wanted to see me be successful.
I'm not a talker. But I will show in practice the way I work and the way I love the game.
I'm from Miami, you know, when you're a child, you always want to play in front of your hometown.
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 only a player; I only do what my coach says.
When you're looking from the outside looking in, you don't know what's in the locker room until you get there.
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.
If you know sports in Dade County, you know me.
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.
When you're a free agent you want to be wanted.
You've got to know what helps you be successful during the season.
Coming up, I thought Barry Sanders was the best running back ever.
If I can go compete with the young guys during training in the offseason, I should be fine during football.
I try to do two workouts three times a week.
I thought my freshman year at the University of Miami, I was balling, I was looking forward to the NFL.
I can't really grip the ball with my left hand.
I want to make sure I'm not the last NFL player to come out of the Grove.
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.
My kids get to see me every day.
I've been through so much. I mean, after an ACL, you have to learn how to walk again, how to run again, you have to get your head strong again.
I don't really have a best friend.
Whatever the coach calls, I'm going to give 110 percent.
I've been boxing for a while now, and I probably could fight a little bit if I wanted to.
I want to be remembered as a guy who played the game of football right.
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.
As long as God blesses me in the morning to get up and work hard, I'm going to take advantage of it.
Whatever I feel like I'm good at, I try my best to do.
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 watch what I eat a little during the week.
I've been blessed to make pretty good money over the years.
When I'm tired, I tell myself what the people are saying about me. In that second workout when I'm saying, 'Man, I don't want to do this.' I remind myself, 'They're saying you're old. They're saying you're 33. They're saying you can't do it this year.' I play games with myself off that stuff.
I just think I respect the game and care for the game so much.
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.
My first goal was to play in the NFL.
When training camp comes, all the guys in my running back room will see how hard I go every day.
Some guys go to different teams and as they get older, they just want to ride the coattail of the younger guys. I don't want to do that.
Every time I got opportunities, I did something with it.
