Karl Malone Quotes

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

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

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.

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

It takes people a while to trust you.

When we play the game like we're supposed to play it, it is pretty easy. Making the extra pass, making the simple play, it's not about between your legs, behind your back, and all of that, it's just about scoring the bucket.

Sometimes, you follow your dreams. I say to the young people, 'If you have a dream, chase it.'

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.

Lotta people don't know where Utah is but it in Salt Lake.

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

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

I ain't gonna be no escape-goat!

I realize that things happen for a reason

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 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

I spent a lot of time doing things other people wanted me to do, so I'm doing what I want to do now

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

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

I'm hunting for little Mexican girls.

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.

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

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

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.

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

Charles, I lost the bet.

You work for whatever you get in life.

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 want to make a name for myself and get to the next level.

I have to be working, doing things. That's the way I grew up and the way I was taught

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

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

All records are not made to be broken.