Karl Malone

Athlete

80 Quotes

I don't know what my label is. I just think of myself as a plain forward. I like to think I have some finesse to my game, but inside the paint is where men are made. If you can't play there, you should be home with your mama.

Even though I left for a year, I grew here as a Jazz man. If I'm fortunate enough to go into the Hall of Fame, I will go as a Jazz man.

I have my life on a track that I want it on, and I don't want to get off.

Look at this, scabs and cuts all over me, I get these every night, every game. They can't tell you that you're not at risk, and you can't tell me there's one guy in the N.B.A. who hasn't thought about it.

Somebody tell the damn players to start playing like old school.

You're a professional. You don't need for me to break a film down for you. If you want to stop the guy you're playing, they pay you millions of dollars. You get you a TV and break the player down yourself.

I have many friends and family members who have served (or are currently serving) in our nation's Armed Forces. I have such a profound respect for what they do day in and day out.

I can do something physically the other guy can't. I know the other guy has not dedicated himself the way I did.

You don't try to do more than you should.

Marijuana is not tested for, and yet that is the big thing guys are getting in trouble with in the league. It's terrible.

I just work out hard enough that, if I'm craving something, I eat it and know I'm going to burn it off the next day with extra intensity.

You take the good with the bad and try not to listen to everything said about you because you know it's not good.

Marijuana is not tested for, and yet that is the big thing guys are getting in trouble with in the league. It's terrible.

You have injuries that bother you when you're not playing. When that horn blows, you don't feel it.

Some people might not like him because he's my son. But be respectful, go out there and enjoy the game.

Somebody tell the damn players to start playing like old school.

Look at this, scabs and cuts all over me, I get these every night, every game. They can't tell you that you're not at risk, and you can't tell me there's one guy in the N.B.A. who hasn't thought about it.

But I think anybody who believes I could force coach Sloan to resign is crazy. He's stronger than that and personally if I said that to him, he'd probably go tell me to go do something.

It takes people a while to trust you.

Did you really think I would sell you out?

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