Gary Payton Quotes

I knew that I wasn't a first-ballot Hall-of-Fame inductee.

It would mean a lot to me to get into the Hall of Fame, to be grouped with some of the greatest players in history.

You have to retire before you can make the Hall of Fame.

I'm trying to leave a legacy, man. I'm trying to get a gold jacket someday. That's my mindset.

Yeah, I think about the Hall of Fame.

I grew up as a sports fan, and I know that a hall of fame is very different than an award for being the best of the year. It's a nod to the longevity of our accomplishment.

I don't want to be in the Hall of Fame. I don't think owners should be.

Being elected to the Hall of Fame is about your career pretty much and your impact on the game.

If you look at some of the people in the Hall of Fame, my numbers are compatible.

I don't think there's any honor bigger than going to your Hall of Fame for your sport.

The 50 greatest players don't matter when you're in the Hall of Fame. We all know that I was not one of the 50 greatest, I was one of the 25 greatest - in my mind.

In 1930, I was at the top of my career. I won the Most Valuable Player award.

It is a very humbling honor to be selected as a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame.

The Hall of Fame is pretty good at preparation and getting you ready for what to expect.

I wanted to go down as one of the best running backs to ever play at Penn State.

I want to be a Hall of Famer, have an impact on my franchise, and you can do all of that by winning a championship.

Toward the end of my career, people started talking Hall of Fame, but still, you don't ever think you're going to end up there.

I'm trying to make the Hall of Fame.

My hopes and dreams are to be in the Hall of Fame one day.

Being in the Hall of Fame is where any player wants to be at the end of his career. It's somewhat of a last step for a player in terms of their career, and it's a place where you'll always be remembered for what you accomplished.

You'd like more people to recognise what you do is special. But I take the attitude that the best thing I can do for my sport is to be the best at it. The best way people will come to recognise that track and field is a great sport is to see athletes excelling at it. Which is what I intend to do.

I want to be remembered one day as a great player, good athlete and a good professional.

The three-peat has never been attempted, ever, and for me, I think it will add to my legendary status. I want to become one of the greatest athletes ever to have competed in any sport, so for me, that's what it means.

I would like to play for a club who I feel have true ambition.

I really put the medical school thing on hold and really chased after my football dream. And I guess I'm still chasing. I'm eight years in the NFL, and I feel very fortunate to be where I am.