<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">SALT LAKE CITY -- Karl Malone officially announced his retirement Sunday, saying, "You will not see me play again. That is a promise." After a season with the Los Angeles Lakers, Malone returned to the arena he called home for 18 of his 19 NBA seasons to make the announcement expected since Friday. "Even though I left for a year, I grew here as a Jazz man," Malone said. "If I'm fortunate enough to go into the Hall of Fame, I will go as a Jazz man."</div> <a href="http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2005/02/13/sports/s134302S50.DTL" target="_blank"> Full Story</a> courtesy of the San Francisco Chronicle <font color="Red">Edited: Please do not quote the entire article you are posting and always leave a link to the article you are referring to. - Shard</font>