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(The Wizards) made their shots and we didn't cover anyone tonight. I'm tired of excuses. I am not proud of the effort we gave tonight on both sides of the court. We needed to play a complete game and it just didn't happen tonight.


George Karl

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KARL MARLANTES It takes people a while to trust you.
KARL MALONE I just think we want to stay healthy, and I don't think we think about a sense of urgency. We re...
KARL MALONE I have many friends and family members who have served (or are currently serving) in our nation'...
KARL MALONE To catch the ball, face up, look at all of my options and then pass. I was playing hot potato. I did...
KARL MALONE All records are not made to be broken.
KARL MALONE I just want to make a name for myself and get to the next level.
KARL MALONE When I said I retired from basketball playing, I have retired. You will not see me play again. That ...
KARL MALONE You're a professional. You don't need for me to break a film down for you. If you want to st...
KARL MALONE You don't try to do more than you should.
KARL MALONE I think we're a deeper team, a better team, we still have work to do... nothing is guaranteed, b...
KARL MALONE You take the good with the bad and try not to listen to everything said about you because you know i...
KARL MALONE Forget the technique. Hit the guy across from you. Don't let somebody come in your space.
KARL MALONE I spent a lot of time doing things other people wanted me to do, so I'm doing what I want to do ...
KARL MALONE I don't know what my label is. I just think of myself as a plain forward. I like to think I have...
KARL MALONE Marijuana is not tested for, and yet that is the big thing guys are getting in trouble with in the l...
KARL MALONE I never felt I had the kind of relationship with Magic that I could just pick up the phone and call ...
KARL MALONE You have injuries that bother you when you're not playing. When that horn blows, you don't f...
KARL MALONE Everything I've been through, everything I'm about to go through in my career and my life, i...
KARL MALONE You work for whatever you get in life.
KARL MALONE Misery loves company. This is a Hollywood soap opera, and I'm not going to be a star in another ...
KARL MALONE For me to be here tonight, everything had to be perfect. I had to get drafted by Utah, had to play w...
KARL MALONE They changed the floor back to old school. They changed the uniform back to old school. Somebody tel...
KARL MALONE I'll make the right decision, whichever one it is. I have to be 100 percent, not 95 or 99.
KARL MALONE I have my life on a track that I want it on, and I don't want to get off.
KARL MALONE Somebody tell the damn players to start playing like old school.
KARL MALONE Sometimes, you follow your dreams. I say to the young people, 'If you have a dream, chase it....
KARL MALONE My father was a milkman. So, I delivered milk.
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