Joe Montana

The Rudy story was largely embellished and many famous moments from the movie never happened

The Rudy story made a great movie and a lot of it was embellished. ... Locker rooms are pretty brutal anyway, but you know, I won't lie, Rudy's story made a great movie... I tell the truth but there are a lot of things that didn't happen. ... Did I tell him my jersey? No. ... Every time somebody says 'tell me about Rudy' I go, 'You really want to know about Rudy?' ... It made a good movie, but you know, there's a lot of things that didn't happen.

Modern NFL rule changes have made the quarterback position significantly easier than it was in my era

The rule change makes it easier. ... It does make it easier when you can stand there and know that you're not taking a hit. ... It used to be what separated everybody back then was who can stay in that pocket, stand there knowing there's a guy running right down the middle of you and as soon as you release this ball, you're going to get planted into the ground. Can you throw it accurately? That was the separator for most quarterbacks and they don't have to deal with that today.