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Moses Malone Biography

Moses Eugene Malone (March 23, 1955 – September 13, 2015) was an American basketball player who played in both the American Basketball Association (ABA) and the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1974 through 1995. The center was named the NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) three times and was a 12-time NBA All-Star and an eight-time All-NBA Team selection. Malone won his only NBA championship in 1983, when he was both the league and Finals MVP with the Philadelphia 76ers. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility in 2001.

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Seems like everybody wants to know if an athlete is on drugs, so you got to stay clear of wild people.

Athlete, Drug, Drugs, People

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.

Come, Drinking, Drug, Probably, Want

I never thought I'd lead the NBA in rebounding, but I got a lot of help from my team-mates - they did a lot of missing.

Basketball, Help, Lead, Missing, Nba, Team

The only reason people are saying I'm the number-one player is because I'm with the number-one team.

Numbers, People, Player, Saying, Team

When you make a lotta money, you got a lotta people shooting at you. Anywhere you go, the tab goes up. People borrow stuff from you, you don't see it again - they figure, Hell, Moses ain't gonna miss it, why do I have to return it?

Anywhere, Missing, Money, People, Shooting, Stuff

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.

Baseball, Basketball, Football, Growing, Kept

When the ladies see an athlette walking around, they think, Well, he got the cocaine, so let's go get high with him.

Cocaine, Getting High, Think, Thinking, Walking

People might get mad for five or ten minutes, but then they respect you more. And the next time they see you, they'll tell their friends, "Don't go up to him with that stuff - he don't mess with cocaine. "

Friends, Mad, Might, Minutes, People

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.

Basketball, Family, Forever, Want

I'm never gonna try it, because you got to pay a lot for cocaine, and that's not the way I want to spend my money.

Cocaine, Gonna, Pay, Spend, Trying, Want

When I retire, I wanna be able to just lay back. Only way to make it happen is to be investing my money, not spending it.

Able, Happen, Investing, Money, Wanna, Way

I don't talk to reporters, because they're gonna write what they want to write, so let 'em write what they want to write.

Ems, Gonna, Reporters, Want, Write, Writing

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.

Battle, Determined, Flow, Rebounder, Thinking

I never thought I was the best; I just thought I was one of the best.

Thought

You got to work hard whatever you're doing and try to be number one and take pride in what you're doing. You want to be at the best at your spot then you got to work hard, man. A lot of guys don't work as hard as it gonna take.

Hard Work, Man, Men, Number, Pride, Work

I've always just wanted to play ball, that's all. I didn't want to do no interviews, because I didn't want to be bothered with reporters.

Ball, Balls, Bothered, Interviews, Play, Want