Gary Payton Quotes

I'm a player who can score and assist, even if I know I'll have to help out defensively too.

I think I'm a good offensive player, good defensive player. I do it on both ends of the floor.

My job is just to make the right play, read the defense, shoot if it's there, and make plays for my team.

It doesn't matter who scores the points, it's who can get the ball to the scorer.

People have always thought of me as a passer of the ball, but you can't just be that these days.

Just try to get the puck and make plays, not so much worry about scoring or getting an assist or points, just try to get it and make plays. That should take care of itself.

We had to play both ways on the field, so I was offensive center and defensive end.

I've got a defensive responsibility as well as trying to get goals and assists. I'm trying to do that.

I feel like I can run the floor well, rebound and block shots and let the offense come.

In college, I got better at playing the 2, kind of got a feel for it coming off screens, found my rhythm. Before that I was a natural point guard.

I would love playing with a guy like Porzingis who can score, stretch the floor, who can do a lot, a lot of different things. But I could see myself doing some pretty good things with other teams, too.

I've worked on my game to the point where anything they've asked of me, I try to come through and do it for them, whether that's defending, making plays, being a decoy, or knocking down shots and being a scorer.

I built my career in the league playing defense and making shots, and also making plays when I needed to.

I love being a wing, you can make plays there and also get down there to download the bigs so I feel that is the perfect position for me.

I was guarding the best player and getting 25 and having eight assists, and three-four steals.

I can run up and down, shoot threes, or go inside. I can also get involved by setting screens and rebounding.

I couldn't shoot and I couldn't score in high school. All I could do is dunk and play defense.

I feel more comfortable where I play for Colombia because I like to be closer to the goal; that works better for me. I can score and pass from there. But as a player, I have to be prepared to play in any position.

I think there are a lot of ways to play the PG position. Scoring first is a way that works for them and their teams. I personally like to watch PGs that like to work for others.

I like to score when I can, but if I can't do that, I like to do the other things - defense, blocking, rebounding.

I know I have to be good on pick-and-rolls.

It's good to score, but there are some other things that are important in basketball too.

If you ask the guys I played with when I was little, they'll all tell you the same thing. All I did was catch and shoot. I didn't do anything else.

I could always shoot and pass.

As for my speed, I'm not the fastest, but just like in other sports, you learn to stay away from your weaknesses and make more use of your strengths: my shooting ability, court awareness, rebounding, and helping out defensively.