Gary Payton Quotes

I am very proud to be part of this team, and I know that winning with Ferrari will mean more than winning with another team.

It's a great privilege to be part of a club like United, and I'm keen to do my best and show what I can do.

I know I'm the No. 1 quarterback for the Washington Redskins, and that's all that matters in my heart. That's all I wanted. I wanted a team that wanted me, and I found that.

'Dexter' has been very, very good to me. I would rather stop doing it than cheapen it.

My approach to cricket has been reasonably simple: it was about giving everything to the team, it was about playing with dignity and it was about upholding the spirit of the game. I hope I have done some of that. I have failed at times, but I have never stopped trying. It is why I leave with sadness but also with pride.

I always thought being a gamer and someone who had a sense of responsibility to the game and to my teammates was the honorable thing.

I could have played another year, but I would have been playing for the money, and baseball deserves better than that.

What I am proud of is I have searched for the best of me and I have been a team man without fail.

Don't believe those tales you hear about my being all-in. Wait until you see me in action for your team and then form your opinion of my worth to your team. I assure you that I am delighted to be a Pirate and that I will do my best to bring another pennant to the Smoky City.

I'd like to finish my career as a Brave.

I get to represent me and my family, but most importantly the Miami Heat.

I'm not trying to please everybody. I'm just trying to play for one team and do it the right way.

In my heart of hearts, I know that whatever I do is going to have integrity, and I'm going to work really hard, and I know that fans are going to take to it.

I take things like honor and loyalty seriously. It's more important to me than any materialistic thing or any fame I could have.

How many years and how many pictures does it take to win the confidence of Paramount? How many years before my fellow workers say, 'I know he is doing his best?'

You know, I never looked down the road and said, 'Hey look, one day, the Hall of Fame.' It's always about playing each and every game 100 percent and I thank my teammates for getting me into the Hall because football is a team sport, not an individual sport.

The Washington Redskin fan base represents honor, represents respect, represents pride.

I would endeavour to deserve my life, Sire.

My favorite memory is my five years with the Nuggets. From my first day to my last day is a great memory. There wasn't a year that I was a Nugget that I didn't think we succeeded.

Success in the United States is not an entitlement in China. You have to go there and earn it, and earn it the right way.

Win or lose today I am proud of the way my boys have played in the tournament.

All I ever wanted really, and continue to want out of life, is to give 100 percent to whatever I'm doing and to be committed to whatever I'm doing and then let the results speak for themselves. Also to never take myself or people for granted and always be thankful and grateful to the people who helped me.

Trust me, I play the game for the fans, my family and myself.

Don't believe that winning is really everything. It's more important to stand for something. If you don't stand for something, what do you win?

Baseball is about talent, hard work, and strategy. But at the deepest level, it's about love, integrity, and respect.