Gary Payton Quotes

In my family, if I talk back to my dad, I get in trouble.

I don't think my mother and father ever had any doubts about what I was to be punished for or not. My parents come from a very strictly defined culture.

My mother would thump me sharply on the head with a thimble or a spoon if I became too noisy with the whistle when I was playing I was a steamboat captain. She had no sense of the dignity of command.

He will punish you as a father punishes his disobedient child, unless you do as he desires.

Those children who have been most chastised seldom make the best men.

My mom, she's the strict one. If we did something bad, we'd get a whippin' but nothing too bad.

If I got a beating for something, I usually deserved it.

If my mama said not to do something, I didn't do it.

My mum will never let me be anything but grounded.

I got taught respect because if not, somebody's gonna make you respect them.

I learned from my dad and my mom somebody should only have to tell you once. Whether it's me getting in trouble, they said I should only have to tell you once. I've kind of took that and made that for all aspects.

My mom was the organized enforcer. When someone crossed the line, mom was pretty clear-minded about how to... correct that error. But my dad led by his example, so we never wanted to do anything wrong that would, that would upset him or disturb him.

My father being a Caribbean minister, one day I stole the radio. The radio that I stole, I took it to school, showing off how big this boom box was and how bad I was at the time. Once my father figured out where I left the radio, he then got his belt and he walked me, he beat me all the way to where I had hid the radio, and with the boom box.

I never let them cough. They wouldn't dare.

I haven't took no punishment. There's nothing cool about taking punishment.

Dad was a strict disciplinarian and would give us a wallop with a wooden spoon if we were out of order. But we really respected him - he didn't try to be our best friend.

You have to discipline your children, or they won't respect you, law enforcement or God or anyone else.

I did my fair share of stupid stuff in high school, like anyone. I had a healthy fear of my parents, and I certainly never wanted to disappoint them. That would be the worst thing I could ever do.

When I was a kid and got in trouble, I'd always say, Mom, I'm in trouble. Well, Mom, I'm in trouble.

A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone.

With parents, that's the only way sometimes that they can get across to their kids is by giving them an ultimatum.

I think that discipline is so much of an important part of being a parent. Because it's very, very important to teach your children to take responsibility for their actions.

Love and fear. Everything the father of a family says must inspire one or the other.

As a teenager, I was perpetually grounded. I was stubborn rather than rebellious.

While they are kids, my children must do as I say.