Karl Malone
Karl Malone
Karl Anthony Maloneis an American retired professional basketball player. Nicknamed "The Mailman", Malone played the power forward position and spent his first 18 seasonsin the National Basketball Associationwith the Utah Jazz and formed a formidable duo with his teammate John Stockton. Malone also played for the Los Angeles Lakers. Malone was a two-time NBA Most Valuable Player, a 14-time NBA All-Star, and an 11-time member of the All-NBA first team. He scored the second most career points in NBA history,...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth24 July 1963
CitySummerfield, LA
CountryUnited States of America
He's hard-nosed, ... He's great with his players, too. A lot of the things that I do come from him. If you've got a guy who can shoot, you bring him off screens. And if you've got a guy who can dribble, you do the pick and roll.
He's fun to watch and listen to and I am thrilled about finally getting the opportunity to meet him personally.
Starting off my career, I wasn't a good free throw shooter, and I worked at it and worked at it, and now I want to go up there and shoot free throws, and now... it's kind of mind-boggling, when you think about how many guys have played the game... when I finish playing and I look back on it, I think it'll be huge. Right now I'm still playing the game, it's kind of tough to really stop and think about it.
I just realized that not only early in my career but, if I was going to play longer, guys foul you when they get tired.
I'll be there, and then you bring it on. If I'm living, I'll be there. You have my word.
If I could have come in for $10m, I would have done that. I've been pretty smart with my money. I'm playing because I want to play this game here - I want the opportunity.
How is a landowner who just lost everything going to pay $15,000 or $20,000 to have a lot cleared? I mean, there were two or three houses on top of one another in some places.
Charles, I lost the bet.
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
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
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 realize that things happen for a reason
I can do something physically the other guy can't. I know the other guy has not dedicated himself the way I did.
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.