this book is awsome. Joe Montana, probably one of the greatest QBs ever shares his tips and secrets with the readers. Montana discusses everything from certain exercises to do, how to gain more accuracy, what's kinds of defenses there are, how you should grip the football, the different passing patters, and how he used to prepare during the week for an up and coming game. he goes through his mental preparation and what he's thinking in the first quarter, the second quarter, the adjustments at the half, the third, and then the 4th quarter.
Montana also preaches unity and team. he never places himself above his teamates and always credits the people around him for his success. his offensive line, his running backs, coaches, wide recievers, and his parents.

good book for any kid interested in becoming a QB or for anyone who just needs a little inspiration.

Joe Montana gives fans of all ages the complete package of quarterbacking. He breaks down every little detail associated with the position. This should be the right hand textbook for anyone wanting to play QB. A beautiful photo gallery is depicted in each chapter.

I'm admittedly certifiably crazy about football, the San Fransisco 49ers and Joe Montana. But even discounting those facts, this is one of THE best books ever written on football. Joe really KNOWS football and he and his co-writer really allow you to get INTO his head from a position underneath the center and indeed, from positions all over the field. The diagrams and Joe's explanations of all the intricacies of the game are more than worth the cost of the book, even for veteran watchers of the game. Joe is not only knowledgeable, but gracious and humorous! Having been lucky enough to talk with Joe more than once I can guarantee the truth of those three adjectives to describe him. This book was SO good I sent a copy to my friends in Germany who are also 49er fans (one really LIKES diagrams and one really LIKES Jerry Rice!) I sincerely hope Joe writes MORE books in future. Merfuff

I mistakenly picked up this book and began reading it to my 7 year old son, thinking it would be a fun read together, which might inspire him to explore other books of this topic matter. In the first page I coughed my way through the word "G--D---" and found myself coughing my way through reading the entire first chapter. I found it too much effort to "bleep" my way through the tricky French-Canadian-Cowboy dialect of the trash-mouthed main character and eventually put the book down. I can't say I enjoy reading those words, myself, even.

So, if you are a parent and think that these older fiction books are more "safe" than the onese being produced today... think again.

This book is just wonderful. . . I couldn't put it down. Cushman is truely an artist. He shows the funny side to a very real issue. His characters are deeply developed and so loveable. The reading is light enough to enjoy as a book for pleasure but would be very useful to a student of Native American culture and the Native American's assimilation into "civilized" society. You'll feel like you're there with the Champlains. You'll want to reach out to them. . .too bad you can't literally climb into a book.

I love this book, I wont let my friends touch it. It's totallyworth the dollars, it tells you about the greatest NFL players ever. For example: Steve Young, the best left-handed Quarterback ever,and Jerry Rice, the greatest all-time wide receiver ever.

sweet looking photos and touches on everything from his days at Notre Dame to the 49ers to the Chiefs to his sports cards and joe montana memorbilia and shows tons of stats. awsome book. there are two versions though. this one, and a paper back edition, althought you can't tell until you open the paper back book and look at the pages. regardless, a great book for Montana fans.

Sports Great,
Joe Montana

The Novel, Sports Great Joe Montana, by Jack Kavanah, is a 64-page book about a professional quarterback, who plays football for the San Francisco 49ers. Joe went to college at the University of Notre Dame. He there played football for the Fightin' Irish.
At the end of the freezing cold Cotton Bowl, in Houston Texas, Joe finished his final football game for the Notre Dame Fightin' Irish in his senior year in 1979.
When Joe's college career came to an end, he was literally sick of the cold weather, so he thought about moving to Southern California, for it's warmth. A year later, Joe was so fed up with the cold he actually did move all the way from South Ben, Indiana, to San Francisco, California.
Joe knew that when he moved to California, he was supposed to be taking a break from sports, but in a matter of days, Joe figured he just couldn't get enough football! That's where the undoubtedle dream of making the team for being drafted for the 49ers began.
When the brand new football season began, Joe went out for the professional game with the San Francisco 49ers.
Joe's NFL season began as a rookie, as every on else's did. The famous Notre Dame quarterback, college boy Joe Montana, also known as the "Comeback Kid," was now the starting quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, in his first season.
In July of 1980, Joe had his first pro game against the Buffalo Bills, in Buffalo, New York. That game the 49ers trampled over the Bills, and just burnt them out!
In the year 1990, it was time for Joe's last game to come... in the Super Bowl! Against the Jets, the 49ers came to their victory, and beat the Jets. There, Joe's season, and first and final "fare well" speech approached everyone watching the spectacular game.
Joe Montana, of the San Francisco 49ers, and Notre Dame Fightin' Irish led them to some of their best seasons and games ever. He retired March of 1991.

By: E.L.T.

my favorite part of the book was the part where 1 of Joes baseball coaches says the team used to give the players money for gas but Joe gave away some of his money to the other players so that they could buy gas. what a great guy Joe was. i think this book teaches a lot about what a great football player and a great human being Joe was

I'm sure all you people know that Montana set the season quarterback rating back in 1989. I'm sure all you people know that Montana lead S.F. to 4 SUPERBOWL titles I'm sure all you people know that Montana changed the game of football forever.

Got some quotes here for you from JOE MONTANA: JUST ANOTHER PLAYER, and it will make you want to buy it!

In the book, Bud Grebb who coached The California Trojans against Montana's Ringgold team said this, "Well, at that particular time, Joe Montana was known because he was one of the stars at Ringgold; but he was no different at that time than Joe Bilitski or Jamie Natali. I had a bunch of competitors, and Joe Montana was just the same category as my kids at that particular time. My kids were very talented at that time, and it was just anothr win for us. It wasn't "Hey we beat Joe Montana" because my kids were always very competitive, whoever we played."

In the book, Chuck Correal (who was a runningback AGAINST Joe and the Rams. Anyways, Correal said, "... The senior year game is what really sticks out becauseleading up to that game, our head coach really told us. He said, "Look. There's going to be a bunch of schools from all over the country coming in here to watch Joe Montana, and watch him pick you guys apart." You know, he was trying to motavate us. He just said, "They're going to be their to see a big show, and it's up to you guys to spoil the party." The game was kind of interesting because we had a real good team my senior year too in football. The results weren't all that great. I guess we finished about 6-3, or something like that. But we were really strong physically. We went out thinking, "Well, O.K We want not be the straight man in this party here." Trying to spoil Joe's party a little bit. Well, in the first half, we came out there and physically played them to a standstill. He had a really good team around him with a lot of good athletes. Quite a few of them went on to play Division I college. The surprising thing was that while we really played them to a standstill, Joe hit three bombs on us. Just long passes where...They had a really good split end named Mike Brantley, who I guess was Joe's favorite receiver. I think he went out in Terre Haute. I think Indiana State. He hit him for a couple of bombs. Actually, three long bombs. I guess our secondary couldn't keep up with some of that speed, and they were ahead 20-0 at halftime.So we were really hurting because we felt we stopped them from running the ball, and we were moving it pretty well on onfense, but we really couldn't score. So we didn't feel we were getting romped on, but it looked like it. This is funny. This doesn't have anything to do with Joe, but it's interesting about that game. I came in our locker room at half time. And this is our head coach's first year as our head coach. A lot of us didn't know him too well. One of the assisstants came in and said, "Listen, you guys. You better keep your helmets on at halftime." And we didn't know what he was talking about. He said, "Just believe me. Keep your helmets on. Our head coach came in through the door shortly after that, and went down the row of the bench literally punching every guy in the head with all his might with both fists. His fists were bleeding by the time he was done. Me and the other two captains were sitting up front facing the team, and he hadn't pounded on us. He was standing there with his back to us screaming at everybody. We said, "O.K. well, it's all over now. He's spent himself. His hands are bleeding. To illustrate a point, he turned around pounded me on top of my head. I wasn't even ready for it. I didn't have my mouthpiece in. I chipped my front tooth. I'm thinking, "We really want to go play for this guy, now." We went out and lost 44-0. It's kind of a little footnote to history......."

In the book, Joe Montana's American Legion baseball coach John Kendra admits that because Joe was playing in an All Star football game he missed pitching in the Legion's playoffs. Coach Kendra even went so far as to say, "We missed him, sure. Probably would have been the state American Legion champs that year if he had been there."

In the book, Joe Montana's head football coach Chuck Abramski says, "Listen to this, his mother and father and my wife and I, we'd go to Elizabeth. We'd go to a fish place on Friday night. We did this. we did that. The Big 33 game, his mother and father bought my wife and me our motel tickets. Paid for everything. And I'm not a sponge. I have money. I'm well to do. But I never asked anybody for anything like that. You know what I mean. I'm not that kind of person. I think they showed their appreciation for... Whatever. I don't know. Or they think they were buying me? They weren't buying me. They weren't going to buy me. But then after the game, they dropped me like a hot potato. Like I had AIDS. Never knew I existed. Because the father wanted to be the boss."

I never tire of reading this book. I would recommend it to other football fans.

After reading "Killing Is My Specialty" I had to get Carlson's sequel on my recent trip through Wyoming. I found it in a bookstore in West Yellowstone, MT, leaving plenty of Wyoming time to read it.

Between the Horn book and the Lefors book, a mock trial had been held in Cheyenne wherein Horn was acquitted.

Although both books appear to be very well documented, I couldn't help but feel that Carlson may have a bit of bias in favor of Horn and against Lefors. Not being part of the Wyoming culture, it may be unfair to make that characterization, but it's what I felt.

An eminently readable book; not to be read without having read about Tom Horn first; preferably Carlson's account.

This book was pretty good, and it had a lot of good pictures in it, but I thought that it could have been more detailed. I mean, this is THE Joe Montana and I think that there is a lot more to his life than mentioned in this book. However, that's the only bad thing about it and I would really recommend this.

This book covered what it is like to be a sports hero and nothave an attitude about it. The people talked about in this book arehero's without being arrogant or hateful.