Gary Payton Quotes

As an individual, I take every match seriously, no matter who I'm going to play.

Athletic competition clearly defines the unique power of our attitude.

My goal is always the same: to keep the other player from ever scoring a point. That doesn't always happen, but that's what I try for.

We gotta play hard and leave it all out there. Dive for lose balls, take charges, just do whatever it takes to win the game.

People sometimes have a false view of track and field, that it's kind of soft and kind of friendly. And guys aren't necessarily laughing and joking, but everyone's just friendly and 'ha ha, he he.' I just came in and just was like, 'Nah, I don't know what y'all talking about, but every single time I step on the line, I'm trying to win.'

I want to be that guy who stops players.

Although I have never won a major trophy, I consider myself a winner because I helped Fiorentina to compete with the big boys.

I've got the mind-set that I'm going to play as hard as I can, and I'm going to make the person guarding me work as hard as he can.

When I came into football, my whole identity was to be one of the best players in the world, if not the best player, and for me, that is what is driving me each and every day.

You go into each game looking to win. We're not looking at wins or losses because it proves something as a team. We go into every game trying to get better. As long as you compete, we're gonna play our hearts out; we're improving every day.

Really when I'm on the court, it's about me playing.

Every time you step onto the field, you have to set goals. My goals are to either score a goal, to have an assist, or to play well.

When I go out there, I try to do everything I can to win. That doesn't mean I have to score more than the other team; it may mean stopping the other team.

I hustle, I run down the line, I do whatever I can to win ball games. Those are the only things we can control as baseball players.

The guys who beat me didn't get 1,000 rebounds. I did. It's not my fault the other guys didn't play as many games.

Good athletes will be there at good competitions, but I don't think about them; I just think of bettering my own time.

Outside you get credit and praise and it makes you feel good, puts a spring in your step, but really the ceiling was the manager. If I was playing at Old Trafford and felt as though I was contributing and winning things, that was enough for me.

I just try to make sure that when I get there on the floor, I play as hard as I can and try to do everything I can to help the team win.

When I was a rookie, what motivated me was trying to win Rookie of the Year and play the best that I could that I would compete so hard.

I did my first contest, and I got third, and my dad was, like, 'Wow, she has potential.' And I went back when I was 7, and I won. And my dad's like, 'All right,' and then he dropped everything.

My little brother and I, we're just in our generation. We're doing the best job we can do. There were champions like Mike Tyson who fought everybody, and not everybody was just as good.

There's no point going to a tournament if you don't want to win.

I'm trying to be one of the greatest players, so whatever level that consists of is where I want to take my game.

I can accept defeat, but I love to win and be competitive. It is my job, and I love it.

I play hard and I play to win, and my team play for me because of the backing I show them.