Frank Gore

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

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

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

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. ”

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

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. ”

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 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. ”

My kids get to see me every day. ”