Gary Payton

Gary Payton

23-Jul-1968


United States


Athlete

QUOTES BY Gary Payton


When you play defense what happens is everybody pays attention and they start talking about how you're the stopper, you can stop this guy. All of a sudden your game gets better on the offensive end and you become that versatile guard that everybody wants.

Seattle deserves a team. They got robbed of their basketball team.

To go into Key Area every day, sold out, it was hard to come in there and get a win against us. That's when we used to make people understand, you can't come in and get a win against us. We were probably one of the hardest arenas to win in. Our fans were crazy. They would camp out.

You can't regret anything - it's over with.

There was a lot of temptation to do lots of bad things in my neighborhood.

Don't hate, just play better, and then get that money.

I did a lot of things I regret.

My father and my brother are chefs.

Tim Hardaway was a guy who had his crossover and then he could shoot a jump shot and he could get to the bucket.

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