Gary Payton Quotes

I don't really party. I'll occasionally have a drink.

I don't want to be one of those people who falls out of cabs drunk. But I don't want to be known as some boring girl who just sits at home and doesn't do anything.

It used to take a day to get over the partying. But I don't party anymore. I don't miss it, either.

I'm such a homebody. I don't party. I don't drink. That may be because I got it out all out of my system before I was 18.

I'm not perfect, I do drink. I do smoke. Carson Daly can't go out and get messed up, he can't smoke in front of kids - he's the face of MTV, and he has to be good. But me? I can.

I don't smoke and I don't drink alcohol.

I don't go clubing. So, I don't smoke or drink.

I don't drink. I don't like it. It makes me feel good.

I still party all the time and hang out with everyone who drinks, but I just don't personally, and don't really have the desire to get blitzed drunk any more.

In my private life, I'm not around any drugs or alcohol.

Other things being equal, I would much prefer a temperate man [for public office], to an intemperate one; still I do not make my vote depend absolutely upon the question of whether a candidate does or does not taste liquor.

As regards the use of wine, remember that we drink to quench thirst, and that the limit of moderation is reached when the edge of the intellect is dulled. A boy should be brought up to avoid wine…. Your own countrymen, like all northern peoples, are, I know, sore offenders in this matter of eating and drinking. But I count upon your own innate self-respect to preserve you from such bad example, and to enable you to despise the sneers and complaints of those around you.

I wasn't really an alcoholic, but I was losing control. I still go for a beer, but I drink a lot less.

I can't remember the last time I was out at a bar or club. I'll still drink, but I just can't remember the last time I blacked out. Which I think means I'm growing up.

I didn't even drink in college.

I feel like if you wanna be sober and you can't handle being around someone who drinks, then don't do it.

I don't drink. Don't smoke.

And I have always told the patients when I talk to them. When they come around and say, 'What will you have to drink? Oh that's right you don't drink.' Just speak up and say, 'Of course I drink. But I just don't drink alcohol.'

I work very hard to keep on an even keel as far as alcohol is concerned.

I had to give up martinis - I enjoyed them too much.

I am too much of a control freak to be a drinker.

I wasn't out drinking and abusing my body. I simply loved to go out and dance.

I'm not really the party person. I don't 'become myself' once I'm drunk. I don't use alcohol to be happy.

I drink no more than a sponge.

When I'm with the wife, and we're having a romantic night, I occasionally think about a glass of red wine, but I'll order a sparkling water. I'd like the wine, but it wouldn't end with one glass, so I don't even go there.