Wilt Chamberlain Quotes
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You must understand as a kid of color in those days, the Harlem Globetrotters were like being movie stars.
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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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The man who won't loan money isn't going to have many friends - or need them.
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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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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 believe that good things come to those who work.
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People say my ego is grand. I think it's in proportion to me.
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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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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 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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When you go out there and do the things you're supposed to do, people view you as selfish.
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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 was a challenge to my teammates to help me.
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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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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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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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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.
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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.