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.

I'll always be Number 1 to myself.

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.

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.

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.

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.