It almost did n't seem real , Payton said recently .
Now Payton would rather be no place in the world than New Orleans -- as the large fleur de lis tattoo on Payton 's right arm will attest -- for this downright surreal moment .
It almost did n't seem real , Payton said recently , but now he would rather be no place in the world than New Orleans -- as the large fleur de lis tattoo on his right arm will attest -- for this downright surreal moment .