From a small child growing up in Florida, Frank Gore loved playing football.
“My first time playing running back in a real game, I had eight touchdowns. I always loved football. For so long, I played against the older kids in the neighborhood. They had me really competing. I’d play corner, receiver, running back. I remember one time one of the older kids looked at me when I was playing corner, like it was a threat, and said: ‘You better not get beat,” S Frank Gore in a Peter King interview in 2017.
The fact that Frank Gore has always challenged himself against the highest competition is what made him achieve success at every stage of his career.