Quotes from Karl Malone

Did you really think I would sell you out?

I hope I did it the way my peers did it before me. I didn't do anything but try to play hard.

I'll make the right decision, whichever one it is. I have to be 100 percent, not 95 or 99.

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

I never felt I had the kind of relationship with Magic that I could just pick up the phone and call him at home.

I'm hunting for little Mexican girls.

What excites me the most is when a coach calls a timeout and chews out his forward because I just dunked on his head.

When I said I retired from basketball playing, I have retired. You will not see me play again. That is a promise.

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.

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.

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.

If I got something to say or do to a man, I'm going to look that man in the eye and tell him what is going to happen. That's just me now.

Forget the technique. Hit the guy across from you. Don't let somebody come in your space.

I ain't gonna be no escape-goat!

What good is success if you're not willing to share it?

I realize that things happen for a reason.

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.

All records are not made to be broken.

Isn't it about time that we stopped wasting so much time on what a person prefers?

At some point in time I will be honored if I would be mentioned as a coach.

You can't stop father time... but you can show [him] down.

I have such a profound respect for what they do day in and day out. This USO tour is especially meaningful because of the friends I have met and I am honored to be apart of it.

It takes people a while to trust you.

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