Karl Malone Quotes

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Karl Malone

Profession : Athlete

Birth : July 24, 1963

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.

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All records are not made to be broken.

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

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Misery loves company. This is a Hollywood soap opera, and I'm not going to be a star in another Bryant soap opera.

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Did you really think I would sell you out?

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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.

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

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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.

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

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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.

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

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

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

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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.

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

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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.

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I think we're a deeper team, a better team, we still have work to do... nothing is guaranteed, but hopefully we got the mentality to play on the road, and we're starting to get our home thing back in order now-if we can do that we'll be just fine.

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It takes people a while to trust you.

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

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

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