Wilt Chamberlain Quotes
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People say my ego is grand. I think it's in proportion to me.
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The toughest thing for me was growing up and being stared at and being looked at and being talked about in that particular way. Other than that it was a good childhood.
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And I remember leaving my place in L.A. and - my father is a big fight fan - and I said, 'Dad, I got a couple of days off and I'm getting ready to go to Houston to sign to fight Muhammad Ali.
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It is said that good things come to those who wait. I believe that good things come to those who work.
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I think a lot of ladies found me so attractive because I was different, and I acted on that in a way.
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If I were given a change of life, I'd like to see how it would be to live as a mere six-footer.
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I was played the villain so much because I was bigger and stronger than most, and they cast me as the villain everywhere I went.
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They were so clever finding ways to get me the ball. They had to do more than just give up open shots. They had to avoid fouls and pass me the ball in traffic.
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If you have ability in a certain area, why not capitalize on it and improve it and use it?
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I couldn't have come close without my teammates' help because the Knicks didn't want me to make 100.
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It was a different sexual situation going on than it is in the '80s and '90s, and I did a very poor job of describing that.
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He fouled out in the fourth quarter, and that's when I really started getting points. He was no more at fault than anyone.
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It just wasn't right the way they were behind by 25 points and then they're told to hold the ball.
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Bill Russell helped make my dream a better dream because when you play with the best, you know you have to play your best.
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When you go out there and do the things you're supposed to do, people view you as selfish.
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It was a challenge to my teammates to help me.
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Villains are kind of hard to really know on a personal level when you see them as mean, unsensitive-type people.
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When I was a freshman, I fooled around with shooting free throws this way: For some reason, I thought you had to stay within the top half of that free-throw circle, so I would step back to just inside the top of the circle, take off from behind the line and dunk. They outlawed that, but I wouldn't have done it in a game, anyway. I was a good free throw shooter in college." Actually he was a 62% free throw shooter, which is poor except in comparison to his 51% as a pro.