In practice , this meant that Payton refused to deliberately run out - of - bounds and always delivered some punishment to his tacklers before being forced off the field or forced down .
Payton attributed this motto to Bob Hill , his coach at Jackson State .
In practice , this meant that Payton refused to deliberately run out - of - bounds and always delivered some punishment to Payton 's tacklers before being forced off the field or forced down .
Payton attributed this motto to Bob Hill , his coach at Jackson State .