Jarrett Payton
Appearances
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Sir, Do You Know Where I Can Find A Bathroom?
Tried out for the national team when I was in seventh grade, eighth grade. I was a better soccer player than I was a football player. I just decided to jump over to football to try it out my junior and senior year in high school. So... It wasn't winning a national championship to me on that team was special because of the guys that I was around, Ed Reed, Andre Johnson, all those guys.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Sir, Do You Know Where I Can Find A Bathroom?
I could name all the running backs that I was with. So really, it really wasn't to win championships. It was I was always proving myself to just to be able to play because people didn't think, you know, you're not good enough to be here. You'll never make it to college, never make it to the pro. So I just wanted to be there. I didn't know how long it was going to last.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Sir, Do You Know Where I Can Find A Bathroom?
and i've seen that the championships and being on those teams last but also being around this award and watching the guys that i get a chance to like eric armstead who won this past this year man in in cam hayward how it elevates them on a whole nother level man that that right there it just changes your life especially for me because giving back in services what my dad taught me is the rent that we pay while we're on this earth
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Sir, Do You Know Where I Can Find A Bathroom?
And you can win championships, but to be a good person and give back in your community and leave the legacy that you leave, that's what keeps you around forever. And that's why my dad's talked about the most. It's not the football, it's the impact that he had on people. And that's what I struggle with most. Not to be like him as a football player, but to be like him as a person.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Sir, Do You Know Where I Can Find A Bathroom?
Well, Dan, first and foremost, I appreciate you, man. Yeah, there was... Let's get into it. That was Thursday at Super Bowl. So the news that broke a Virginia McCaskey passing got rest her soul. I was out doing a... I hit back at home because we had NFL honors that night. So TV back at home, you know, everybody wants you to, you know, my relationship with the Bears and also the McCaskies.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Sir, Do You Know Where I Can Find A Bathroom?
Because he was flawed. He had his flaws. He wasn't perfect. But he lived he lived his life right with his heart. And I think that's what's what's so special. So, yeah, I don't I got I got his replica right here. So, you know, I'm saying I just keep this one around for handy. So it's pretty cool that he got one of those. I got a natty because he didn't get a natty.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Sir, Do You Know Where I Can Find A Bathroom?
So I think we cover all bases by if I got a chance to be able to win that.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Sir, Do You Know Where I Can Find A Bathroom?
It's all good. Just everything. I'll be looking for the reparations, though. I'll let you play.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Sir, Do You Know Where I Can Find A Bathroom?
They just wanted to get my word before heading off to NFL honors, give out the man of the year award. So I had to find a place in the convention center where I could sit down, put my iPad up and, you know, talk back to Chicago. Excuse me. After I started to look, I'm watching you walk towards me as I'm getting done. And I didn't look where I was.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Sir, Do You Know Where I Can Find A Bathroom?
I knew it was a table and I saw some brochures on the side, but I was I wasn't paying any attention. I was actually just trying to get my stuff done while loud people on their phones talking about nonsense walking by me the whole time as I'm talking about Virginia McCaskey. And the next thing you know, I'm watching you walk towards me and I'm going,
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Sir, Do You Know Where I Can Find A Bathroom?
took me back to coral gables 305 i'm just like holy cow stan levitar walking towards me and he definitely he knows he knows who i am like he he has to he watched me grow up you know as a as a a kid breast smelling like simulac in uh in in miami and coral gables i'm like he knows me like And when you walked up to be so gentle, you're like, sir, do you know where I can find a bathroom?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Sir, Do You Know Where I Can Find A Bathroom?
And it was that moment where I was like, oh, man, like, Dan, he doesn't know who I am. He has no clue. He don't know me. Maybe, you know, maybe I've grown up a little bit. Maybe you didn't have the fake diamond studs in my ear from when I was in Miami. Maybe. I don't know what it is. And I didn't know what to say to you, Dan. But I go, you know what, sir? Just to let you know, I don't work here.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Sir, Do You Know Where I Can Find A Bathroom?
And you go, oh my gosh, I'm so sorry. I said, this is going to make it even more awkward. I'm Jared Payton. You're like, oh my gosh. Doing exactly what you're doing right now. You, it was like you saw a ghost when I told you this. Racist.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Sir, Do You Know Where I Can Find A Bathroom?
Jared, did he give you a tip? No tip, but I do got to give Dan a little bit of slack here. Anybody that knows me knows that sitting behind that desk and smiling probably the way that I was smiling, I probably did look like I worked there just a little bit. You know what I'm saying? I'm just a happy-go-go guy. But I was more disturbed that he did not know a Caney member.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Sir, Do You Know Where I Can Find A Bathroom?
Like, put some respect on my name. You know what I'm saying, Dan?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Sir, Do You Know Where I Can Find A Bathroom?
I had to play behind Frank Gore, Willis McGahee, Ben Portis, Najee Davenport, James Jackson, a couple of managers.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Sir, Do You Know Where I Can Find A Bathroom?
You wrote about him. I mean, Dominique, I didn't see his lips puckering up to say, but if that would have happened, this would be a whole different conversation. There would be leaked video from the convention center. Jared Payton seen here beating up Dan Levitard. The two know each other from an interview previously in 2001.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Sir, Do You Know Where I Can Find A Bathroom?
Insoles, yes. He ripped the insoles out of his shoes so he could have a better feel and a grip. And I can only imagine. what his feet look like. Honestly though, Dominic, I'm gonna be real with you. My dad took care of his feet. Like his feet weren't that busted up, but I don't know how he did it. I couldn't, there's no way that I could have done that.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Sir, Do You Know Where I Can Find A Bathroom?
And we're talking about, you know, all the different surfaces he played on, especially at that hard Astro turf back at Soldier Field back in the day. I just give him a lot of credit and a lot of those guys back in the 70s and 80s with the gear that they had and how they played. My dad was a real one, man. He was he was different.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Sir, Do You Know Where I Can Find A Bathroom?
um dan dan i i i tell you man as much grief as you're getting um not enough not enough but you're still one of my favorites man i appreciate it for all that you do all that you do you've been an og in the game for a long time i'm uh i've watched you from a long time you you give people like myself a uh you know, a glimpse of what it takes with the hard work.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Sir, Do You Know Where I Can Find A Bathroom?
You put it in, you get a chance to be able to get what you want. And I see you, man. As hard as my dad worked to make sure that once we met our heroes, that they would give us a little bit of time. The fact that you almost calling me boy and then giving me a hug and take a picture with me. I'll take that. I'll take it. I'll take it.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Sir, Do You Know Where I Can Find A Bathroom?
Why does it have to be a boatload? Why is it a boat?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Sir, Do You Know Where I Can Find A Bathroom?
I don't think that was a kick save. I don't know. I'm going to be honest, though. Dan asked me in that moment, could I swim?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Sir, Do You Know Where I Can Find A Bathroom?
I'd probably win the... The Man of the Year Award. It's the most prestigious award. Liar! Is it all right if I don't win the award? Only reason why, because I never got in the game to... I mean, most people don't know this about me, that I only played football starting my junior year in high school. So I was an all-state soccer player.