“I became real good friends with John Stockton and Karl Malone and am still good friends with them to this day. It was always good to go see them and then play with them in the 1996 Olympics as well. I idolized John Stockton at the time, I tried to model my game after him.”

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About Gary Payton

American astronaut and USAF Manned Spaceflight Engineer

Gary Eugene Payton is an American astronaut and former United States Air Force Manned Spaceflight Engineer. He flew on the Space Shuttle Discovery on the STS-51-C mission in 1985. Payton later served as Deputy Undersecretary of the Air Force under the Bush and Obama administrations. His public profile is tied to military service, spaceflight, and senior civilian leadership in the Air Force.

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