KARL MALONE

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 work for whatever you get in life.

Marijuana is not tested for, and yet that is the big thing guys are getting in trouble with in the league. It's terrible.

All records are not made to be broken.

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.

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

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

Somebody tell the damn players to start playing like old school.

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.

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

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.

For me to be here tonight, everything had to be perfect. I had to get drafted by Utah, had to play with a point guard like John Stockton, and had to be coached by Jerry Sloan and Frank Layden.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.