Typically, when we're preparing our players, it's a game you always play with emotion. — Sean Payton Copy Share Image
It's hard to practice the spontaneous moments that take place in a game. — Sean Payton Copy Share Image
I don't want to deal with a booster, and I don't really want to talk to the parent of a player. I… — Sean Payton Copy Share Image
With each team you play, you meet as a staff and you talk about how we want the game to unfold. Then,… — Sean Payton Copy Share Image
If you break down a game, two-thirds of it happens in the pocket the way it's supposed to, and a third of… — Sean Payton Copy Share Image
There is an amount of mental discipline in playing this game. I don't want to be first-and-15, honestly. I don't. — Sean Payton Copy Share Image
You know, on Sunday after a game, I'm going to pick up some food for dinner, I really don't want to hear… — Sean Payton Copy Share Image
There is really only one way to be successful in this game no matter what your role - player, coach, executive: You… — Sean Payton Copy Share Image
I mean, football is like life. It's not always gonna be how you planned it, it's not always gonna be fair. And… — Sean Payton Copy Share Image
The 46-man roster on game day is soon to be, I think, will be soon dated. I think that's gotta change. If… — Sean Payton Copy Share Image
Chemistry is a fickle thing because you can win some games early and say, 'Hey, we had great team chemistry.' Typically that… — Sean Payton Copy Share Image
We try to talk all the time about a vision when we come up with players. Even when we draft players, what's the vision?… — Sean Payton Copy Share
I wanted to write a book about the stories, ones that you sit around and tell your friends. — Sean Payton Copy Share
The 46-man roster on game day is soon to be, I think, will be soon dated. I think that's gotta change. If we're interested… — Sean Payton Copy Share
I think there's a prototype we're all looking for, whether it's Brett Favre or Troy Aikman. And everyone's got that picture in their mind… — Sean Payton Copy Share
I think players in our league can come from all different shapes and sizes when it comes to school size. They come from the… — Sean Payton Copy Share
I mean, football is like life. It's not always gonna be how you planned it, it's not always gonna be fair. And sometimes you… — Sean Payton Copy Share
It's a hard league to make it in, and there's some toughness that's needed, and guys gotta be sharp and guys gotta have passion.… — Sean Payton Copy Share
In your hurry-up or no-huddle, you might just say a word, and then everyone's understanding, 'It's this play.' — Sean Payton Copy Share
When you're able to take a tackle at the end of the first round, a guy like Ramczyk, that's a huge pick. — Sean Payton Copy Share
There is that feeling of complacency that can set in when you're having early success or you've won four games in a row -… — Sean Payton Copy Share
You know, it's hard to be 32nd in the league in anything. And generally there are a lot of dirty hands that are involved… — Sean Payton Copy Share
