Walter Payton
Walter Payton
Walter Jerry Paytonwas an American football running back who played for the Chicago Bears of the National Football Leaguefor thirteen seasons. Payton was known around the NFL as "Sweetness". He is remembered as one of the most prolific running backs in the history of the NFL. Payton, a nine-time Pro Bowl selectee, once held the league's record for most career rushing yards, touchdowns, carries, yards from scrimmage, all-purpose yards, and many other categories. His eight career touchdown passes are just...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth25 July 1954
CityColumbia, MS
CountryUnited States of America
Money isn't everything. Do you get married because of money? Do you have kids because of money?
During the off-season when you see other people playing in the Super Bowl, you wonder, and you say to yourself, 'Are you ever gonna get there and see what it feels like?' And it pushes you a little bit harder during that off-season to work to try to get there the following year.
I try to run on the hottest days, at the hottest time, because that's the most difficult time. And sometimes I worry about drying out, and dying.
God's been very good to me. I'm truly blessed.
A lot of fans were drawn to me because they knew that whatever the score was, I was going to run as hard as I could on every play. You don't have that now, you have guys waiting for next week or even next year.
Money isnt everything. Do you get married because of money? Do you have kids because of money?
I don't have to jump up and smile just because TV wants me to.
You look at a Pete Rose to be the terrific athlete he is and then he falls on hard times, but when he played the game, I got something from the way he played the game because he hustled every play, and just because he had one mistake in his life, am I supposed to throw back everything that I gained from him?
I wanted to be a professional drummer.
There were high school coaches such as Charles Boston that took me under his wing and taught me the fundamentals of football. And when I went to college there was Robert Hill who took me there and he showed me what hard work and determination would do if you put forth the effort and you take a little time.
All people, regardless of whether they're athletes or not, should treat people the way they want to be treated.
Running alone is the toughest. You get to the point where you have to keep pushing yourself.
When you speak of role models, when we talk to our kids, everybody is a role model, everyone, just as you look at a Michael Jordan to be the terrific athlete he is.
If you ask me how I want to be remembered, it is as a winner.