32 Quotes by Moses Malone

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.