A biography for Karl Malonehasn’t been written yet.
“They changed the floor back to old school. They changed the uniform back to old school. Somebody tell the damn players to start playing like old school.”
“I just want to make a name for myself and get to the next level.”
“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'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.”
“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 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.”
“I can do something physically the other guy can't. I know the other guy has not dedicated himself the way I did.”
“You work for whatever you get in life.”
“Forget the technique. Hit the guy across from you. Don't let somebody come in your space.”
“Did you really think I would sell you out?”
“I never felt I had the kind of relationship with Magic that I could just pick up the phone and call him at home.”
“It takes people a while to trust you.”
“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.”
“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 just think we want to stay healthy, and I don't think we think about a sense of urgency. We realize how old we are, we realize we've been playing this game for a long time, but you know what? We're not done yet.”
“I spent a lot of time doing things other people wanted me to do, so I'm doing what I want to do now.”
“Everything I've been through, everything I'm about to go through in my career and my life, if my family wasn't with me and didn't support me, it would be really tough.”
“I'll make the right decision, whichever one it is. I have to be 100 percent, not 95 or 99.”
“Somebody tell the damn players to start playing like old school.”
“To catch the ball, face up, look at all of my options and then pass. I was playing hot potato. I didn't want to be the guy to stall the triangle.”