Moses Malone Quotes

• I'll always be Number 1 to myself.

  Moses Malone

  Basketball, Sports, Hockey

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• You got to work hard whatever you're doing and try to be number one and take pride in what you're doing. You want to be at the best at your spot then you got to work hard, man. A lot of guys don't work as hard as it gonna take.

  Moses Malone

  Hard Work, Pride, Men

  Source: alanpaul.net

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• I never thought I'd lead the NBA in rebounding, but I got a lot of help from my team-mates - they did a lot of missing.

  Moses Malone

  Basketball, Team, Nba

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• I'm never gonna try it, because you got to pay a lot for cocaine, and that's not the way I want to spend my money.

  Moses Malone

  Trying, Want, Pay

  Source: business.highbeam.com

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• I was on the playground all night. I ain't never go to parties or nothing. I'd get out of school at 3 and be out there playing until one in the morning with one streetlight. For real.

  Moses Malone

  Morning, Real, Party

  Source: alanpaul.net

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• To be a great offensive rebounder, you have to think like a defensive rebounder and battle for position while also being in the flow of your offense. And then it's just being determined.

  Moses Malone

  Thinking, Battle, Flow

  Source: alanpaul.net

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• I came up in a small town ghetto and I never did think I'd be a celebrity or famous athlete, I was just loving to play the game of basketball. And I worked hard at everything I did.

  Moses Malone

  Basketball, Athlete, Ghetto

  Source: alanpaul.net

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• The only reason people are saying I'm the number-one player is because I'm with the number-one team.

  Moses Malone

  Team, Player, Numbers

  Source: business.highbeam.com

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• I never thought I was the best; I just thought I was one of the best.

  Moses Malone

  Source: business.highbeam.com

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• When I was 15, they changed the playground rules because I was dominating everything and blocking everything that came my way.

  Moses Malone

  Block, Way, Changed

  Source: alanpaul.net

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• When I retire, I wanna be able to just lay back. Only way to make it happen is to be investing my money, not spending it.

  Moses Malone

  Way, Investing, Able

  Source: business.highbeam.com

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• I don't talk to reporters, because they're gonna write what they want to write, so let 'em write what they want to write.

  Moses Malone

  Writing, Ems, Want

  Source: business.highbeam.com

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• People might get mad for five or ten minutes, but then they respect you more. And the next time they see you, they'll tell their friends, "Don't go up to him with that stuff - he don't mess with cocaine."

  Moses Malone

  People, Mad, Might

  Source: business.highbeam.com

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• When the ladies see an athlette walking around, they think, Well, he got the cocaine, so let's go get high with him.

  Moses Malone

  Thinking, Getting High, Cocaine

  Source: business.highbeam.com

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• I enjoy money. You got to know how to enjoy it, though. A lot of people enjoy it the wrong way: They spend it all.

  Moses Malone

  People, Way, Enjoy

  Source: business.highbeam.com

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• Reporters don't know me, because I don't talk to them; I just talk to the players.

  Moses Malone

  Player, Know Me, Reporters

  Source: business.highbeam.com

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• I figure a lot of folks are probably looking to find out if Moses Malone is into that stuff, but the closest I come to drugs is drinking a Coca-Cola. I don't want that cocaine; it's not for me.

  Moses Malone

  Drinking, Drug, Want

  Source: business.highbeam.com

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• I've always just wanted to play ball, that's all. I didn't want to do no interviews, because I didn't want to be bothered with reporters.

  Moses Malone

  Play, Interviews, Balls

  Source: business.highbeam.com

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• When you make a lotta money, you got a lotta people shooting at you. Anywhere you go, the tab goes up. People borrow stuff from you, you don't see it again - they figure, Hell, Moses ain't gonna miss it, why do I have to return it?

  Moses Malone

  People, Missing, Return

  Source: business.highbeam.com

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• I started playing ball when I was 13 and a half. Before that, I just wanted to play football and baseball but I kept growing so I figured it was time for basketball.

  Moses Malone

  Basketball, Baseball, Football

  Source: alanpaul.net

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• I'm conservative with my money. I'm the one who's got a family and I can't be playing basketball forever, so when I retire, I want to live on what I've made.

  Moses Malone

  Basketball, Forever, Want

  Source: business.highbeam.com

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• Owners want to make their team a winner so they can get more fans in the stands, and that's why they go after the best ball-players and pay 'em what they're worth.

  Moses Malone

  Team, Player, Want

  Source: business.highbeam.com

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• People got to realize that the owners who been paying me are a lot richer than I am. It's not like I was born rich; I had to play basketball to make this type of money.

  Moses Malone

  Basketball, Play, People

  Source: business.highbeam.com

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• Seems like everybody wants to know if an athlete is on drugs, so you got to stay clear of wild people.

  Moses Malone

  Athlete, People, Drug

  Source: business.highbeam.com

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