Top 90 Payton's Quotes
#1. Good. Or instead, what if I just told you that I love you?" Payton gazed
into his eyes. "What would you say, J. D. Jameson, if I told you that?"
J.D. smiled. He touched his forehead to Payton's, closed his eyes, and
answered her with one word.
"Finally.
Julie James
#2. I don't have to jump up and smile just because TV wants me to.
Walter Payton
#4. Stop caring about what other people think of you, how they perceive you, or if they approve of you. Start to focus on your inner peace.
Tisha Marie Payton, MHR
#5. I am happy to say that everyone that I have met in my life, I have gained something from them; be it negative or positive, it has enforced and reinforced my life in some aspect.
Walter Payton
#7. American philanthropic custom owes much to leadership by business and professional people.
Robert L. Payton
#9. Bloom where you are planted and sow where you are fed ...
Stella Payton
#10. I swore I'd never become some lord's brainless arm ornament and political host, but I've become far worse. I'm a glorified housekeeper and sperm donor.
-from the journal of Payton Marcus Townsend.
J.L. Langley
#11. The best player I ever coached was Gary Payton.
George Karl
#12. Beautiful is the man who leaves a legacy that of shared love and life. It is he who transfers meaning, assigns significance and conveys in his loving touch the fine art and gentle shaping of a life. This man shall be called, Father.
Stella Payton
#13. It is much easier to be the hunter than the hunted. When you are the one not expected to do anything, you play better.
Gary Payton
#14. Most important thought, if you love someone, tell him or her, for you never know what tomorrow may have in store.
Walter Payton
#15. Score one for Team Kendall, Payton thought.
Not that it was a competition between them.
Not at all.
Julie James
#16. We cannot preserve philanthropic and charitable values if we detach them completely from our fundamental personal beliefs and convictions.
Robert L. Payton
#17. I think there's a prototype we're all looking for, whether it's Brett Favre or Troy Aikman. And everyone's got that picture in their mind of the prototype at the position.
Sean Payton
#18. In the effort to reach the stars and change the world, make sure you touch a heart and change a life.
Stella Payton
#19. Self-love is having appreciation for oneself, respecting oneself, and caring for oneself, and the actions that help us mature also help it grow.
Tisha Marie Payton, MHR
#20. The most underrated player in NBA history is Dominique Wilkins. Right behind him is Gary Payton. He never has gotten the respect he deserves. If he doesn't spend the rest of his days in Seattle, I hope he goes someplace where he has a chance to win a title.
Charles Barkley
#21. Mr. Payton was at work on his pipe again, lighting and coaxing it. "They need constant attention, pipes, like babies and guinea hens," he said, and sucked in the smoke.
Elizabeth Enright
#22. It's grossly unfair to judge Walter Payton solely on the yards he gains. He is a complete football player, better than Jim Brown, better than O.J. Simpson.
Jim Finks
#23. The toughest opponents to defend are Iverson, Marbury and Payton. They are all very talented and can shoot at anytime from anywhere.
Steve Nash
#24. I was lost... lost in a practical world... an ornament with a heart.
Barbara Payton
#25. The genius of the tradition as it has developed in America is the unique combination of giving and voluntary service in behalf of independent organizations and institutions devoted to the public interest.
Robert L. Payton
#26. Don't go in and out of meditative spaces - stay there with that awareness, always. Everything in life is meditative.
Nicholas Payton
#27. I want to be remembered as the guy who gave his all whenever he was on the field.
Walter Payton
#28. Service is not something you do. It is something you are.
Stella Payton
#29. Okay, you can stay at home and Spotify, or YouTube, or you can get off your ass and come listen to what real musicians making real music sound like. And, hey, it doesn't have to be me, but if I'm in town, then yeah, you should definitely check me out.
Nicholas Payton
#30. I hope you know CPR because you are going to take Jessie's breath away.
Georgia Cates
#32. mitochondria and the ribosomes and the chloroplasts and the endoplasmic reticulum.
Belle Payton
#34. I've written enough books with real celebrities, such as Walter Payton and Hank Aaron and Billy Graham, to know that fame looks good only to people who don't have it.
Jerry B. Jenkins
#35. Radiate peace. Who knows? The peace you spread may create the only restful place in your environment.
Stella Payton
#36. I used to imagine what it would be like to do what Jim Brown was doing. I used to imagine what it would be like to be like a Tony Dorsett. I used to imagine what it would be like to be like a Walter Payton. I was imagining Emmitt Smith doing exactly what they were doing.
Emmitt Smith
#37. Running alone is the toughest. You get to the point where you have to keep pushing yourself.
Walter Payton
#38. Not being able to rebound better was a thorn in our foot.
Gary Payton
#39. Nothing kills creativity so well as a big dose of negativity.
Stella Payton
#40. Money isn't everything. Do you get married because of money? Do you have kids because of money?
Walter Payton
#41. It is a dangerous position to be in when you can't see, can't hear and won't listen ...
Stella Payton
#44. When you speak of role models, when we talk to our kids, everybody is a role model, everyone, just as you look at a Michael Jordan to be the terrific athlete he is.
Walter Payton
#45. Turn a major mistake into a master mentor, learn from it.
Stella Payton
#46. A lot of fans were drawn to me because they knew that whatever the score was, I was going to run as hard as I could on every play. You don't have that now, you have guys waiting for next week or even next year.
Walter Payton
#47. Walter Payton is still the best back ever to play the game.
Corey Dillon
#48. Never send a boy to do a woman's job, Irma. - Payton Kendall
Julie James
#49. I developed my training routine going into my senior year at Jackson State. I found this sandbank by the Pearl River near my hometown, Columbia, Miss. I laid out a course of 65 yards or so. Sixty-five yards on sand is like 120 on turf, but running on sand helps you make your cuts at full speed.
Walter Payton
#50. I want to be remembered like Pete Rose. 'Charlie Hustle.' I want people to say, 'Wherever he was, he was always giving it his all.'
Walter Payton
#51. Whatever you believe to be true, whether it is true or not; if you believe it, then to you it becomes the truth.
Stella Payton
#52. Self-correction makes me check the ruler of my life against the yardstick of my inner voice. I acknowledge when I don't measure up. Self-correction is an ongoing process. If done often enough, I can stop myself from straying off the path.
Stella Payton
#53. I'm very happyWhen you start a career you never think about the Hall of Fame ... watching a guy like Walter Payton, he would say 'Don't do what I say, do what I do.' If you can do your thing the way he does his, the possibility is you will get in the Hall of Fame.
Richard Dent
#54. We should never lose sight of the very close link between individual giving and the formation of philanthropic traditions.
Robert L. Payton
#55. My oldest brother and my middle brother would always beat me up and take the ball from me. I used to cry a lot, so I used to come in here and get my dad. He used to be on my team, so he used to hold them down and let me score the basket.
Gary Payton
#56. Philanthropy is the duty of how we should behave when things go wrong for people, and how we can help to make things better for everyone - voluntarily, without being required to do it by the government, and for others, without private gain for ourselves.
Robert L. Payton
#57. Truth needs wisdom's guidance. Wisdom prevents a hard truth from getting the best of you when an imperfect character brings out the worst in you.
Stella Payton
#59. God's been very good to me. I'm truly blessed.
Walter Payton
#60. Pride makes easy decisions hard. Humility makes hard decisions easy.
Stella Payton
#61. Philanthropy is an important subject of liberal education because it examines the role of good works in shaping our conceptions of the good society and the good life.
Robert L. Payton
#62. I try to run on the hottest days, at the hottest time, because that's the most difficult time. And sometimes I worry about drying out, and dying.
Walter Payton
#63. Self-pity is the hens' besetting sin," remarked Mr. Payton. "Foolish fowl. How they came to achieve anything as perfect as the egg I do not know! I cannot fathom.
Elizabeth Enright
#66. If I'm going to get hit, why let the guy who's going to hit me get the easiest and best shot? I explode into the guy who's trying to tackle me.
Walter Payton
#67. All people, regardless of whether they're athletes or not, should treat people the way they want to be treated.
Walter Payton
#68. Let's see where today will lead us tomorrow babe."
~ Payton Heights
Dela Cruz
#69. When you are in harmony with love and positivity, everything you want will be pushed in your direction and given to you.
Tisha Marie Payton, MHR
#70. If you could go back and change things, you might not be the person you are right now.
Walter Payton
#71. People take ownership of sickness and disease by saying things like MY high blood pressure MY diabetes, MY heart disease, MY depression, MY! MY! MY! Don't own it because it doesn't belong to you!
Stella Payton
#72. [Louis Armstrong is] the father of us all, regardless of style or how modern we get. His influence is inescapable. Some of the things he was doing in the 20's and 30's, people still haven't dealt with.
Nicholas Payton
#73. Raise your hand if you had no idea you'd see so much nudity in one week of jury duty.
Twelve hands flew straight into the air.
And unbelievably, Payton laughed.
Julie James
#74. Change is like the skin peeling off of a snake. It is slow. It is sticky. And sometimes you have to rub against a hard place to pull yourself through it. But in the end, you realize that it was worth it all to get the the new place and new person you have become.
Stella Payton
#75. Do anything that might make the
world a better place for someone
Walter Payton
#76. Payton and Laney watched him go.
Laney shook her head. "Unbelievable."
Payton gestured. "See - I told you."
"That man has such a great butt."
"Laney!"
"What? I'm conservative, Payton, not blind.
Julie James
#77. You ask yourself, 'What do you want your legacy to be?' I'm content at this point to say, 'Those who follow me.' Romeo Crennel, Bill Belichick, Sean Payton, to name a few. I think I've got a pretty good group, so far.
Bill Parcells
#78. Never die easy. Why run out of bounds and die easy? Make that linebacker pay. It carries into all facets of your life. It's okay to lose, to die, but don't die without trying, without giving it your best.
Walter Payton
#79. Change will force you to step off the path, to venture from the nest, to close your eyes and dive right in, knowing that the greatest opportunities in life are found in the sink or swim, do or die moments.
Stella Payton
#80. I grew up loving Walter Payton. My dad used to always show us film of him.
Shaun Alexander
#81. When you're good at something, you'll tell everyone. When you're great at something, they'll tell you.
Walter Payton
#82. During the off-season when you see other people playing in the Super Bowl, you wonder, and you say to yourself, 'Are you ever gonna get there and see what it feels like?' And it pushes you a little bit harder during that off-season to work to try to get there the following year.
Walter Payton
#83. If you forget your roots, you've lost sight of everything
Walter Payton
#84. Tis better to hit an air ball, than to force a note that don't wanna come out.
Nicholas Payton
#85. Allocate your resources wisely for all men have been endowed with abilities that are more than sufficient to accomplish even the greatest of their dreams.
Stella Payton
#86. The philanthropic tradition is older than democracy, older than Christianity, and older than higher education. It gives form and purpose to personal and social life that cannot be provided by the self-interest of economic enterprise or required by the mandate of political institutions.
Robert L. Payton
#87. Like the bud of a flower, change forces you to surrender to growth. It makes you vulnerable. It requires you to enlarge, expand and become bigger. Like the oxygen provided with each breath, we are denied its benefits until we relax and breathe in.
Stella Payton
#88. Philanthropy is the principal social institution that provides instruction in voluntary service.
Robert L. Payton
#89. I told our guys they must not have cable because Antoine Walker knows how to play, Derek Anderson can play, Shandon Anderson knows how to play, and Gary Payton knows how play.
Shaquille O'Neal
#90. My idol, Gary Payton, played 19 years. I definitely want to try to reach that.
Jason Terry
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