It's an honor to be mentioned with a guy like Walter Payton.
I can't tell you what an honor it is, to even be mentioned in the same breath with Arthur Ashe. This is something I certainly will treasure forever.
It is an incredible honor to be named the Colts' Walter Payton Man of the Year.
To be able to be mentioned with guys like Emmitt, Walter Payton, Barry Sanders, Curtis Martin and my man LaDainian Tomlinson, it's a blessing.
My mom tried to get me on ballet. 'Walter Payton did it! Walter Payton did it!' I'm just not messing with ballet.
I am honored to be named the 2018 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year and to join the long line of men who have received this prestigious honor.
Any time you're mentioned in the same breath as Tony Esposito, for whatever reason, it's a great honor. He's one of my idols. He's one of the greatest of all time.
I think, in terms of looking at the trajectory and being around some of the same people, it's certainly flattering words, but I definitely have not done enough to be mentioned in the same sentence as Coach Payton.
I think he's accomplished so much, I don't think it's fair to put me in the same category as Coach Payton. I think, hopefully, if you achieve even close to what he has in this league, then maybe you start to get mentioned.
I'm not Deion Sanders. We're different people with different styles. People see similarities between me and him; that's fine. It's an honor to be mentioned in the same breath with him. But that's as far as I go with it.
Walter Payton is still the best back ever to play the game.
It's a huge honour that I'm mentioned in the same breath as Mesut.
I always wanted to be mentioned in the same breath as all of the great wrestlers.
It's sad that Walter Payton was not known as the greatest running back to play the game until they won the Super Bowl.
I grew up loving Walter Payton. My dad used to always show us film of him.
To be mentioned in the same breath as people I admire means everything to me.