Gary Payton Quotes

It is impossible for you to be remembered as a great team if you do not win the Champions League.

An opportunity to help a team to a championship would be very appealing.

Well, I mean, to me, I think my ultimate - my ultimate goal is winning championships and - and I understand that me going down as one of the greats will not happen until I, you know, win a championship.

When you're winning, you're creating a dynasty.

The team winning at the end of the day is really important.

What good is it if you are a 15-, 16-time All-Star and you never won nothing? A ring supersedes all of that.

You're only great if you win. I mean, Alexander wasn't Alexander the Mediocre or Alexander the Average. He was Alexander the Great, and there's a reason for it.

I really got a taste for winning titles at Lille.

There's no better way for me to end my time with the German team than by winning the World Cup.

My main goal is I want to win a ring.

That feeling is so intoxicating, walking off the court holding the Larry O'Brien trophy. So I just want to do that again.

Winning a championship, really - that's the main goal, so if you don't do that then you can't really say that you succeeded.

You want to win a championship, but you want to be considered one of the best of all time. All-Star. Hall of Fame.

If you win a National Championship, or you win two, people think you have not only seen the Holy Grail, but you've embraced it. Basically, I do what a lot of people do, but I've been able to win.

As a sophomore, I wanted to play varsity in three sports. And I accomplished that. It was a great feat that year, and something I held special. I wanted to bring a championship team to Oceanside High School, and it happened. It was a great year that I will never forget.

I want to play for a championship team. I want to win a championship.

Winning isn't always championships.

I was born to be champion of the world.

Winning the Super Bowl was obviously a great one, but the joy I felt of going to the Super Bowl, it was what I felt about the Pittsburgh Steelers and where we came from, the history of us to that point.

The MVP award was very satisfying in terms of personal accomplishments, but the championship was the most important thing of all.

I don't care to be remembered as the man who scored six touchdowns in a game. I want to be remembered as a winner in life.

If you've ever won a championship, then that's all you're interested in doing.

I had to do something special coming in. I didn't do it, so I had to do it in the playoff. Winning the Mercedes is awesome. Winning three times is a dream come true.

I never wanted to be the great guy or the colorful guy or the interesting guy. I wanted to be the guy who won titles.

Winning the Championship was my biggest achievement.