"He's like a player. He goes into his different zone. I was warned about his zone that he goes into, so I was prepared," Watson said. "He's intense, very intense, very focused."
As far as conditioning goes, Payton is walking the walk. The gray workout shirt he wore Monday hugged the contours of his torso,Scarpe Air Max 97 Scontate, chiseled from the CrossFit workout routine he adopted in the past year. That routine also inspired some of the competitive conditioning games he set up between groups of players during the offseason 鈥?and it is hard to find a player in the locker room who doesn't say he didn't end up working harder to get in shape this year than last.