Quotes About Walter Payton

#1. 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

#2. I grew up loving Walter Payton. My dad used to always show us film of him.

Shaun Alexander

#3. 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

#4. 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

#5. 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

#6. Walter Payton is still the best back ever to play the game.

Corey Dillon

#7. Most important thought, if you love someone, tell him or her, for you never know what tomorrow may have in store.

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#8. I want to be remembered as the guy who gave his all whenever he was on the field.

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#9. Tough times go away, tough people do not.

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#10. 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.

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#11. I don't have to jump up and smile just because TV wants me to.

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#12. 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.

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#13. 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.

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#14. I wanted to be a professional drummer.

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#15. Work hard or don't work at all.

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#16. Money isn't everything. Do you get married because of money? Do you have kids because of money?

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#17. Running alone is the toughest. You get to the point where you have to keep pushing yourself.

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#18. We are stronger together than we are alone.

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#19. If you could go back and change things, you might not be the person you are right now.

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#20. Do anything that might make the
world a better place for someone

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#21. 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.

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#22. When you're good at something, you'll tell everyone. When you're great at something, they'll tell you.

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#23. 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.

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#24. If you forget your roots, you've lost sight of everything

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#25. Remember, tomorrow is promised to no one.

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#26. 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.

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#27. 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.'

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#28. God's been very good to me. I'm truly blessed.

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#29. 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.

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#30. 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.

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#31. All people, regardless of whether they're athletes or not, should treat people the way they want to be treated.

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