Walter Payton Quotes

• When you're good at something, you'll tell everyone. When you're great at something, they'll tell you.

  Walter Payton

  Badass, Champion

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• If you ask me how I want to be remembered, it is as a winner. You know what a winner is? A winner is somebody who has given his best effort, who has tried the hardest they possibly can, who has utilized every ounce of energy and strength within them to accomplish something.

  Walter Payton

  Running, Mean, Best Effort

  "Never Die Easy: The Autobiography of Walter Payton".

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• Never die easy. Why run out of bounds and die easy? Make that linebacker pay. It carries into all facets of your life. It's okay to lose, to die, but don't die without trying, without giving it your best.

  Walter Payton

  Running, Giving, Trying

  Walter Payton, Don Yaeger (2001). “Never Die Easy: The Autobiography of Walter Payton”, Random House

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• Tough times go away, tough people do not.

  Walter Payton

  Life, People, Tough Times

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• Do anything that might make the
  world a better place for someone

  Walter Payton

  World, Might, Better Place

  Walter Payton (2001). “Never Die Easy: The Autobiography of Walter Payton”, Random House Incorporated

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• We are stronger together than we are alone.

  Walter Payton

  Nfl, Together, Stronger

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• Most important thought, if you love someone, tell him or her, for you never know what tomorrow may have in store.

  Walter Payton

  Nfl, Important, If You Love Someone

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• I want to be remembered as the guy who gave his all whenever he was on the field.

  Walter Payton

  Inspirational, Sports, Football

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• Work hard or don't work at all.

  Walter Payton

  Hard Work, Effort, Hard

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• Children have always brought a tremendous amount of joy to me and I feel that if you can catch them at a young age you can really change a life. There are a lot of studies that show that one act of kindness to these children has a 40% chance of making that child have a completely different outcome in their life. What you hope is that you can get a kid to believe in something and to believe in themselves.

  Walter Payton

  Children, Kindness, Believe

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• If you forget your roots, you've lost sight of everything

  Walter Payton

  Sight, Roots, Forget You

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• If you could go back and change things, you might not be the person you are right now.

  Walter Payton

  Might, Persons, Right Now

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• I am happy to say that everyone that I have met in my life, I have gained something from them; be it negative or positive, it has enforced and reinforced my life in some aspect.

  Walter Payton

  Negative, Mets, Aspect

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• Remember, tomorrow is promised to no one.

  Walter Payton

  Nfl, Tomorrow, Remember

  Walter Payton, Don Yaeger (2001). “Never Die Easy: The Autobiography of Walter Payton”, p.305, Random House

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• If I'm going to get hit, why let the guy who's going to hit me get the easiest and best shot? I explode into the guy who's trying to tackle me.

  Walter Payton

  Guy, Trying, Shots

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• All people, regardless of whether they're athletes or not, should treat people the way they want to be treated.

  Walter Payton

  Athlete, Nfl, People

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• Running alone is the toughest. You get to the point where you have to keep pushing yourself.

  Walter Payton

  Running, Nfl, Pushing

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• 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?

  Walter Payton

  Mistake, Fall, Athlete

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• If you ask me how I want to be remembered, it is as a winner.

  Walter Payton

  Nfl, Want, Winner

  Walter Payton (2001). “Never Die Easy: The Autobiography of Walter Payton”, Random House Incorporated

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• God's been very good to me. I'm truly blessed.

  Walter Payton

  Blessed, Nfl, Very Good

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• I want to be remembered like Pete Rose. 'Charlie Hustle.' I want people to say, 'Wherever he was, he was always giving it his all.

  Walter Payton

  People, Giving, Rose

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• I developed my training routine going into my senior year at Jackson State. I found this sandbank by the Pearl River near my hometown, Columbia, Miss. I laid out a course of 65 yards or so. Sixty-five yards on sand is like 120 on turf, but running on sand helps you make your cuts at full speed.

  Walter Payton

  Senior, Running, Cutting

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• 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.

  Walter Payton

  Athlete, Kids, Role Models

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• I wanted to be a professional drummer.

  Walter Payton

  Drummer, Wanted

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• 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.

  Walter Payton

  Football, Determination, Hard Work

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