Darryl Dawkins Quotes

United States, Basketball Player
January 11, 1957 – August, 28, 2015.

Darryl Dawkins was an American professional basketball player, most noted for his days with the National Basketball Association's Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Nets, although he also played briefly for the Detroit Pistons and Utah Jazz late in his career. His nickname, "Chocolate Thunder", was bestowed upon him by Stevie Wonder. He was known for his powerful dunks, which led to the NBA adopting breakaway rims due to his shattering the backboard on two occasions in 1979.

You gotta try something people ain't seen before, and you gotta go to the gym and work on your dunks. In a slam dunk competition, don't show up with three dunks. You got to have eight or nine dunks because if you get into the finals and two guys may do the same dunk or one guy does the dunk better than the other.

Darryl Dawkins
- People
- Guy
- Competition
For years, people always say, "Ah, what about the dunk. It's still two points." But it energizes a team. If you're down and you get a monster dunk, everybody gets psyched. "Oh yeah, let's go, let's go." So it was dying down a little bit and guys, I think, they took it upon themselves. They got energy on it and started trying different stuff.

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Stevie Wonder used to come the ball games and they would have a guy sitting with him. And the guy would be holding on to his arm, telling him what's going on, and he would say, "Hey, the big chocolate guy just put down a thunder dunk. The chocolate guy with another monster dunk." And Stevie Wonder actually gave me the nickname Chocolate Thunder.

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- Holding
I think I got hooked up because I try to do good things with the NBA, and they always want somebody who's notable and who's personable with people.

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- People
- Good
- Thinking
I was a power dunker. I want to go straight up, put it down on somebody. I want everybody under there.

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- Power
- Everybody
- Somebody
When I dunk, I put something on it. I want the ball to hit the floor before I do.

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- Before
- Dunk
I'm six foot eleven. My birthday covers three days.

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- Days
- Eleven
I know what I want, but I'm not allowed to pick a favorite.If I was to say one guy, that guy would be feeling like 'I got this,' and I want everybody to have a chance.

Darryl Dawkins
- Guy
- Feelings
- Chance

Well, you can certainly teach free-throwing. And you can teach the boys to pass at angles and run in curves. - University of Kansas Jayhawks head coach Phog Allen, reposting the contention of his Kansas predecessor and inventor of basketball James Naismith, pictured, that basketball could not be coached When I dunk, I put something on it. I want the ball to hit the floor before I do.

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- Running
- Basketball
- Teach
When everything is said and done there is nothing left to do or say.

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- Everything
- Nothing