Karl Malone
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"Karl Anthony Malone", nicknamed ""The Mailman"" is a retired American professional basketball Power forward (basketball)/power forward. He spent his first 18 seasons (1985–2003) in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the Utah Jazz and formed a formidable duo with his teammate John Stockton. 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 List of National Basketball Association career scoring leaders/most career points in NBA history (36,928), and holds the List of National Basketball Association career free throw scoring leaders/records for most free throws attempted and made. He is considered among the greatest power forwards in NBA history.

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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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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.

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I want to tell you about tough.

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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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But they didn't keep me up at night like Mike. You know how, when you go on road trips, the night before a game you like to check out the restaurants? Well, you couldn't do that in Chicago. You'd worry about Mike getting 60 (points). It was a good game if he only had 40.

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I love it the way Terry always mentions Louisiana Tech.

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I've been away for more than 20 years. The day I left was the day I was ready to come back home. I just want to thank Terry for coming back home for this event.

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You've got to defend, ... You've got to rebound the ball. I like to run the fast break, but I don't like throwing the ball all over the place. I'm a low-turnover guy.

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He's fun to watch and listen to and I am thrilled about finally getting the opportunity to meet him personally.

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