Famous Quotes & Sayings

Wilt Chamberlain

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.

Wilt Chamberlain

The man who won't loan money isn't going to have many friends - or need them.

Wilt Chamberlain

Meadowlark was the most sensational, awesome, incredible basketball player I've ever seen.

Wilt Chamberlain

It was a challenge to my teammates to help me.

Wilt Chamberlain

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

Wilt Chamberlain

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

Wilt Chamberlain

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

Wilt Chamberlain

He fouled out in the fourth quarter, and that's when I really started getting points. He was no more at fault than anyone.

Wilt Chamberlain

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.

Wilt Chamberlain

They were willing to do anything to stop me.

Wilt Chamberlain

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

Wilt Chamberlain

That's my tag, whether I like it or not.

Wilt Chamberlain

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

Wilt Chamberlain

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.

Wilt Chamberlain

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

Wilt Chamberlain

You must understand as a kid of color in those days, the Harlem Globetrotters were like being movie stars.

Wilt Chamberlain

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.

Wilt Chamberlain

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

Wilt Chamberlain

But the point of using the number was to show that sex was a great part of my life as basketball was a great part of my life. That's the reason why I was single.

Wilt Chamberlain

This is a team game and one man doesn't win and one man doesn't lose. In the end, the best team usually wins.

Wilt Chamberlain

Everybody pulls for David, nobody roots for Goliath.

Wilt Chamberlain

With all of you men out there who think that having a thousand different ladies is pretty cool, I have learned in my life I've found out that having one woman a thousand different times is much more satisfying.

Zac Efron

My advice to teens is to try and do something that scares you every day because it's the only way you can test how far you can really go. Whether it's going out and auditioning for the play or trying out for the basketball team, you have to explore your boundaries and see where you really want to go and the only way you can do that is to break out of your shell.

Will McDonough

I think the greatest all-around athlete ever was Jim Brown. He played lacrosse, basketball and ran track at Syracuse. He played professional football for the Browns.

Ryan Seacrest

A friend of mine has a house with a basketball court and a pool. The guys go over and play basketball; I lie by the pool and nap in the sun. That defines me. That's consistent with who I am. I don't pretend to play basketball because I wanna feel like one of the guys. I wanna lie in the sun and relax.

Rudy Tomjanovich

Never underestimate the heart of a champion.

W. P. Kinsella

Basketball is the worst sport. They need to raise the basket at least two feet.

Joss Whedon

I don't know a lot of show runners. I mean I met a lot of them in picket lines. I'm not part of a, like, secret society or pickup basketball game. As far as I'm concerned, pick-up basketball games are secret societies. They confuse me. I've never been a networker or I've never been very social.

Kobe Bryant

He [Phil Jackson] is such a basketball genius in terms of the details of the game, the little nuances of the game and the rhythm of the game.

Kobe Bryant

I draw from the crowd a lot.

Kobe Bryant

This is an award I couldn't have won on my own. I can't thank these guys enough. These are my guys, these are my brothers.

Kobe Bryant

You have to be able to separate business from the love of the game. There were a lot of decisions made business-wise that I wasn't happy with, and I took a lot of blame over the years. But you have to be able to separate that from the love you have for the game.

Kobe Bryant

If they want to win right now, I'm all for it. That's all I said the whole time. If you want to wait five years, let me know. My legs aren't as young as they used to be.