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" If I could have come in for $10m, I would have done that. I've been pretty smart with my money. I'm playing because I want to play this game here - I want the opportunity. "

Karl Malone

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Karl Malone

Need

Yourself

" I have to be working, doing things. That's the way I grew up and the way I was taught. "

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" I hope I did it the way my peers did it before me. I didn't do anything but try to play hard. "

Karl Malone

Hard

Try

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Karl Malone

Try

You