Top 93 Quotes & Sayings by Frank Gore

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Last updated on September 16, 2024.

Franklin Gore Sr. is a former American football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 16 seasons. A member of the San Francisco 49ers during most of his career, he ranks third in NFL career rushing yards. His career was also noted for longevity, a rare trait with his position, and he holds the league record for games played by a running back.

American - Athlete | Born: May 14, 1983

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

Frank Gore

I train with young guys in the offseason just to be honest and keep myself sure, to let myself know if I'm ready or will I be ready.

Frank Gore

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

Frank Gore

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.

Frank Gore

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.

Frank Gore

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

Frank Gore

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

Frank Gore

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

Frank Gore

I don't really have a best friend.

Frank Gore

As long as I stay consistent as my career goes, I'm good with it.

Frank Gore

You think about when I went to Miami. I played as a freshman, I go in and compete to be a starter, I tear my ACL. Come back, I start, I get off to a good couple of games and I get hurt again. You hear everybody saying, 'Oh, he's done.' I get drafted in the third round. People still said I got drafted too high, saying I'll only play three years.

Frank Gore

When I'm done, whenever I feel like I'm done, I'm going to come back and retire as a Niner.

Frank Gore

I'm not selfish.

Frank Gore

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

Frank Gore

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.

Frank Gore

My son going to college is a big milestone.

Frank Gore

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

Frank Gore

I set my goals high.

Frank Gore

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

Frank Gore

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

Frank Gore

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.

Frank Gore

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

Frank Gore

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.

Frank Gore

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

Frank Gore

I want to make an impact.

Frank Gore

I've been doubted my whole life, especially coming out of college with the injuries I had.

Frank Gore

I've been blessed to play 15 years.

Frank Gore

I love when people tell me what I can't do.

Frank Gore

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

Frank Gore

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.

Frank Gore

My coaches respect me - the way I come to work, practice and play.

Frank Gore

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.

Frank Gore

I'm better learning by somebody showing me something. I got to see and then do it. You can't be scared to ask for help.

Frank Gore

I try my best when I get an opportunity and my number gets called.

Frank Gore

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.

Frank Gore

My first goal was to play in the NFL.

Frank Gore

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

Frank Gore

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

Frank Gore

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.

Frank Gore

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.

Frank Gore

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.

Frank Gore

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.

Frank Gore

When I went to high school, my whole neighborhood, they followed me. They wanted to see me be successful.

Frank Gore

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.

Frank Gore

My first year playing Pop Warner football, my mom had to change my birth certificate because I was too young. I was 5, I think, and you were supposed to be 6.

Frank Gore

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

Frank Gore

I'm not scared of any man.

Frank Gore

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

Frank Gore

I'm from Miami, you know, when you're a child, you always want to play in front of your hometown.

Frank Gore

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.

Frank Gore

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.

Frank Gore

When you go up against the best of the best, you're ready for any type of competition.

Frank Gore

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

Frank Gore

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.

Frank Gore

My kids get to see me every day.

Frank Gore

I don't like attention.

Frank Gore

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.

Frank Gore

I'm not a talker. But I will show in practice the way I work and the way I love the game.

Frank Gore

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

Frank Gore

Every time I got opportunities, I did something with it.

Frank Gore