Moses Malone Quotes


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.


Citations

Malone, Moses. Quoted in Basketball: A Biographical Dictionary, edited by David L. Porter, Greenwood Press, 2005.

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Moses Malone
Moses Malone
  • Born: March 23, 1955
  • Died: September 13, 2015
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Athlete

Moses Eugene Malone was an American basketball player who played in both the American Basketball Association (ABA) and the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1974 through 1995. A center, he was named the NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) three times, was a 12-time NBA All-Star and an eight-time All-NBA Team selection. Malone led the Philadelphia 76ers to an NBA championship in 1983, winning both the league and Finals MVP. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility in 2001.