karl malone. a great basketball player. with the utah jazz. watching him play, i always enjoyed hearing him speak. >> more importantly, i want to just say thanks to everybody here that make this possible. a lot of people was behind the scene. i want to say to all the guys that i played with, i played against, thank you, thank you for making me a better person. >> jimmy: that's right. that was a -- that wasn't a mistake. he's from paris. he's a parison. i have to say, i was very much looking forward to karl's speech. out of nowhere, scottie pippen, the great player from the chicago bulls, swoops in, and with michael jordan at his side, out-karl malone's karl malone. >> who knew that number 23 would be here 23 years later, presenting me into the nba -- excuse me, to the naismith basketball hall of fame? m.j., you have touched so many people lives but none like mines. >> jimmy: right. none like him. that's true. [ applause ] and let me just say that -- a mines is a terrible thing to waste. jordan had 300 grand on him screwing that up and he won.