Karl Malone Quotes

I think all family businesses are difficult and fraught with problems because you have that family relationship to get over. But my dad has been so supportive, we've managed to work around that.

You can promote fights - of course, you have to - you can say 'I'll beat you' or whatever, but you cannot put family, religion, anything like that in the mix. You need to separate things. That is a line a lot of fighters cross.

I'm not one to call people out, if you look at my history in the fighting game, I've never called anyone out.

If you've really got a problem with me, and you came and told me you had a problem with me, I'd be interested to listen to you. But if you're just some loser that sits there and hammers away on some blog form or whatever, I don't have time for that. Why even worry about it?

Things happen on the field. It has happened between me and other players, but we always left it out there.

The perception is I didn't get along with umpires, obviously, and I didn't, on the court. But off the court, we had a good vibe.

I wouldn't say that it's hard for sisters to treat each other with respect. Many do.

I didn't get into too many fights when I was younger. I think I got into, like, one fight when I was in high school, and that was because someone was being rude towards my mom, and that was it.

I'm not trying to be dirty. I'm out there to play basketball and not fight. But if it comes to the situation, one thing, know this, I'm never going to back down from anybody.

Sometimes I had bad behaviour with managers that I loved at Sampdoria, like Vujadin Boskov and Sven-Goran Eriksson. I understand that this can happen during the game or when you are substituted.

Respect the game on and off the field and if you do that, you're going to have the respect among your peers.

You don't just call a person out to a fight if you don't know their background, what they've been through, and how to test them.

All we can do as players and ambassadors of the game is try to set an example, playing in the right way and make it as entertaining as possible for people watching.

Toughness isn't that you've got to fight with the guy after the play or punch him because he punched you. That's not tough. That's dumb.

There are always going to be distractions, push and shove between players. It's about rolling with the punches and enjoying every situation, good or bad.

You have to respect the opponent as much as possible.

I'm competitive when I fight, but I don't get emotionally involved.

I can't say I ever got to the stage of swapping phone numbers with refs, but I don't have a problem with managers and referees communicating.

I'm against the fighting. But sometimes when you're trying to help your team, trying to win the games, there are moments when you need to get a little aggressive.

You can be rivals out on the pitch, but respect is the most important thing.

I respected opponents as well as teammates and coaches.

I can not express more the importance of treating your teammates, opponents and coaches with the utmost respect.

You have to have respect on the pitch.

Sometimes people say things on the field that they might regret, but they should stay on the field.

I love my father. I disagreed with him. But he was my father. He was the boss.