Wilt Chamberlain Quotes

All of the sudden, my right leg caved in. I crumpled to the floor in pain. The doctor weren't sure I'd ever be able to play again ... and even if I did recover physically, the psychological scars of so traumatic an injury might never heal.

Bill Russell helped make my dream a better dream because when you play with the best, you know you have to play your best.

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.

If I were given a change of life, I'd like to see how it would be to live as a mere six-footer.

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.

If you have ability in a certain area, why not capitalize on it and improve it and use it?

Everybody pulls for David, nobody roots for Goliath.

When you go out there and do the things you're supposed to do, people view you as selfish.

I guarantee you, if you could give me 10 points in all those seventh games against the Boston Celtics, instead of Bill Russell having 11 rings, I could've at least had nine or eight.

It was a challenge to my teammates to help me.

Nobody roots for Goliath.

Scoring 100 points is a lot, but I maybe could have scored 140 if they had played straight-up basketball.

I get constant reminders from fans who equate that game and my career as one and the same.

It just wasn't right the way they were behind by 25 points and then they're told to hold the ball.

People say my ego is grand. I think it's in proportion to me.

We're all fascinated by the numbers, as we were about the 100 points.

I've prided myself on being in excellent condition-as good as any man in my profession. Now this doesn't come from sitting around on your rear end. This comes from hard, hard work.

I think a lot of ladies found me so attractive because I was different, and I acted on that in a way.

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.

They were willing to do anything to stop me.

I'm a big man and I like big dogs ... The dogs kept growing until only one of us could get in the elevator. It caused enough hassles so they finally kicked me out of my apartment.

Everything is habit-forming, so make sure what you do is what you want to be doing.

I believe that good things come to those who work.

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.

I couldn't have come close without my teammates' help because the Knicks didn't want me to make 100.

A big dog tends to be much more at ease with kids and gentle with them than a little one that's always yelping.