Quotes About Gary Payton

The best player I ever coached was Gary Payton.

Well, I think for everybody, Michael Jordan was the idol. He's one of my favorite players, but I had a few different guys I liked to watch, like Gary Payton and Isiah Thomas. Isiah was a guy I really loved to mimic my game after. There were a bunch of old-school guys I loved to watch.

The Glove is in the Hall of Fame with the greats.

Gary Payton is evolving, but GP is in the Hall of Fame.

I'll tell you what: the most hostile and angry trash talker ever is Gary Payton.

Kobe Bryant, to me, is still the best basketball player in my mind. He played with me and he was in my era. I still love him to death. He's a little brother to me.

I grew up in the Northwest, so I was always a really big Sonics fan. I loved Gary Payton, Shawn Kemp, a lot of those players who were really good through the '90s.