Wilt Chamberlain
Wilt Chamberlain
Wilton Norman "Wilt" Chamberlainwas an American basketball player. He played for the Philadelphia/San Francisco Warriors, the Philadelphia 76ers, and the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association; he played for the University of Kansas and also for the Harlem Globetrotters before playing in the NBA. The 7 foot 1 inch Chamberlain weighed 250 pounds as a rookie before bulking up to 275 and eventually to over 300 pounds with the Lakers. He played the center position and is widely considered...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth21 August 1936
CityPhiladelphia, PA
CountryUnited States of America
Wilt Chamberlain quotes about
We're all fascinated by the numbers, as we were about the 100 points.
If you have ability in a certain area, why not capitalize on it and improve it and use it?
I believe that good tjings come to those who work.
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.
Scoring 100 points is a lot, but I maybe could have scored 140 if they had played straight-up basketball.
You must understand as a kid of color in those days, the Harlem Globetrotters were like being movie stars.
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.
Bill Russell helped make my dream a better dream because when you play with the best, you know you have to play your best.
Nobody seems to appreciate what an incredible player Wilt was," Russell said at 1997 All-Star Game when the league named and honored its 50 greatest players. "He was the best player of all time because he dominated the floor like nobody else ever could. To be that big and that athletic was special.
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.
We make too much of winning. The mere fact of winning doesn't make you great.
It is said that good things come to those who wait. I believe that good things come to those who work.
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.
Everybody pulls for David, nobody roots for Goliath.