I came up in a small town ghetto and I never did think I'd be a celebrity or famous athlete, I was just loving to play the game of basketball. And I worked hard at everything I did.

I'll always be Number 1 to myself.

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.

I was on the playground all night. I ain't never go to parties or nothing. I'd get out of school at 3 and be out there playing until one in the morning with one streetlight. For real.

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.

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.

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

When I was 15, they changed the playground rules because I was dominating everything and blocking everything that came my way.

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.

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.

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.

The time has come for every Christian to change his position, to change the dimensions of his vision

Instead of others, ask yourself, “Are you really okay?” Check on yourself like this and do a warm “Goodnight” to yourself.

Now I am a vagabond of the universe, a drifter among spaces where the madness of things has no limits.

Don't bore the public with mysterious designs.

A storyteller is basically what actors and writers are.

When you meditate, you are shifting your state of mind to a higher vibratory level that will give you a much more expansive view.

The humblest occupation has in it materials of discipline for the highest heaven.

Some things you have to do every day. Eating about seven apples on Saturday night instead of one a day just isn't going to get the job done.

According to the law of nature it is only fair that no one should become richer through damages and injuries suffered by another.

When I was nine, I had this girlfriend and we used to have running races in the park. I wanted to be like Superman and fly in and rescue her.