Walter Payton Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“You look at a Pete Rose to be the terrific athlete he is and then he falls on hard times, but when he played the game, I got something from the way he played the game because he hustled every play, and just because he had one mistake in his life, am I supposed to throw back everything that I gained from him?”

“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.”

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

“God's been very good to me. I'm truly blessed.”

“I wanted to be a professional drummer.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

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