Nine-time NBA All-StarGary Payton again talked trash on NBA TV via Twitter, while he also reminisced about the good old days.

Known for his getting into the heads of his opponents by talking trash, Payton backed his antics by posting good numbers on the board.

In an interview with Yahoo Sports, Payton mentioned that he was a better player than Hall of Famer John Stockton but admitted that the latter was more cerebral among point guards during his generation.

"I was. I really think I was better as an athlete and in everything all-around. But he was just a smarter basketball player than us. He just got it done. I do think I was a better basketball player. I can do more things skills-wise. He just showed he knew how to play the game and that was the biggest difference."

He also made mention that Stockton was a tougher assignment than the great Michael Jordan.

"Those battles were a little easier. I would have Jordan get mad at me and go back at me. He knew he was really talented and could do whatever he wanted to. But [Stockton] was more of a challenge to me than guarding someone that would talk back to me. When you talk back to me and say something to me it made my game go to another level. John was one who wouldn't say nothing and you couldn't figure him out. He'd keep going in the pick and rolls and he and Karl Malone would score a big bucket. At times I would guard Jordan and get him mad and into other things."

Among the facets of his game, Payton is best at bullying his way to the basket by posting-up smaller guards and for playing glue-like defense, making it to the NBA All-Defensive first team for 9 times. Hence, the monicker: "The Glove."

Payton and Shawn Kemp formed a dynamic duo which carried the then Seattle Supersonics to the NBA Finals of the 1995-96 season.

Overall, he was contented with how his career went, highlighted by a championship winning season with the Miami Heat in 2006 against the Dallas Mavericks.

Meanwhile, John Stockton and Charles Barkley has only but high regard for the player that they once competed against on the hardcourt.