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Everybody pulls for David, nobody roots for Goliath.
Wilt Chamberlain
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Wilt Chamberlain
Age: 63 †
Born: 1936
Born: August 21
Died: 1999
Died: October 12
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Wilton Norman Chamberlain
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I get constant reminders from fans who equate that game and my career as one and the same.
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My thing I liked was to challenge guys that were smaller, guys that were supposed to be quicker. Because I think self-consciously I was trying to prove to people it wasn't just my height that was getting me across in these various sports. It was some other intrinsic things that I had that made me a good athlete.
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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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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.
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They were willing to do anything to stop me.
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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.
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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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Everything is habit-forming, so make sure what you do is what you want to be doing.
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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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I believe that good things come to those who work.
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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.
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It was a challenge to my teammates to help 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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Scoring 100 points is a lot, but I maybe could have scored 140 if they had played straight-up basketball.
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That's my tag, whether I like it or not.
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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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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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