. >> you are a believer in heart and no player characterized that more than walter payton.tell me about that. >> well, walter payton, and people we have a tendency to put race, people we forget about them. he was -- people ask, i hate the word greatest. who was greatest this or that. i don't know there is the such thing. he was greatest football player i ever seen. that there might have been a better running back. sayers was awfully good. football player he was greatest for this reason. he was selfless. he didn't -- he gave of himself in every area. he was receiver, runner, caught the ball, threw the ball, he blocked. best blocker we had. him and matt together were terrific. when you look at what he was, but then take it off the field. and great husband. great father. and he was a great citizen in the sense that i watch his young kids today and they won't sign autographs. walter never said no. never said no. these kids today, i ain't got time for that. >> different generation. >>> few facebook friends. one question, gyp wants to know when you will start circulating memorial

one of my greatest inspirations came from chicago, walter payton.he was the guy that gave me some extra foundation to help me fiend my way. >> you knew he wasn't the most talented guy in the world. he worked the hard. >> he played a tape about his charity work and how he trained. and i had to have that tape. i was hoping for a golden nugget and i fond it. and he asked what makes you better than everybody else? he said that is easy. i want it more than they do, every day of the week, not just sunday. and i said that is it. >> you defeated cancer. that was not the only adversity that you faced. your nfl career ended here in chicago with a series of concussions. you knew early on that's not something that you play around with. >> and leading up to it i infer thought in a million years that my career would end from head trauma. it ended my career because of the closeness of the two impacts. that was at real problem. i had serious amnesia prior to my second within tan lasted almost two years after that. it was a battle to get back. so i'm advocate of kit

how many yards does walter payton have? the casual fan knows what hitting .406 means in 1941.ing a 56-game hitting streak and also in 1941, now even 762 means. these are all important numbers. a .300 hitter means the same thing to my three daughters as it does to me but more importantly it means to abe are ham burns who fought in the civil war and tell me anything else that has that. >> a pleasure. >> it was a great ride. thank you for your help. >> ken burns tomorrow night and we