Walter Payton

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

— Walter Payton

If you start something, you shouldn't quit; that is what we were taught. If you're going to play, you might as well…

— Walter Payton

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

— Walter Payton

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

— Walter Payton

During the off-season when you see other people playing in the Super Bowl, you wonder, and you say to yourself, 'Are you…

— Walter Payton

No matter what the game was or how much older and stronger the other kids were, we were taught to give it…

— Walter Payton

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

— Walter Payton

Never die easy. Why run out of bounds and die easy? Make that linebacker pay. It carries into all facets of your…

— Walter Payton

“Never Die Easy”

— Walter Payton

I try to run on the hottest days, at the hottest time, because that's the most difficult time. And sometimes I worry…

— Walter Payton

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

— Walter Payton

There were high school coaches such as Charles Boston that took me under his wing and taught me the fundamentals of football.…

— Walter Payton

I am happy to say that everyone that I have met in my life, I have gained something from them; be it…

— Walter Payton

Work hard or don't work at all.

— Walter Payton

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

— Walter Payton

Money isn't everything. Do you get married because of money? Do you have kids because of money?

— Walter Payton

If I'm going to get hit, why let the guy who's going to hit me get the easiest and best shot? I…

— Walter Payton

I don't have to jump up and smile just because TV wants me to.

— Walter Payton

We are stronger together than we are alone.

— Walter Payton

You look at a Pete Rose to be the terrific athlete he is and then he falls on hard times, but when…

— Walter Payton

Tough times go away, tough people do not.

— Walter Payton

What is poor? We had food. We dressed well. We didn't have a lot, but what we had fit, and it was…

— Walter Payton

I always thought, 'That's just the way you do it.' You work as hard as you can for as long as you…

— Walter Payton

A lot of fans were drawn to me because they knew that whatever the score was, I was going to run as…

— Walter Payton

I developed my training routine going into my senior year at Jackson State. I found this sandbank by the Pearl River near…

— Walter Payton