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People say my ego is grand. I think it's in proportion to me.
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'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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When you go out there and do the things you're supposed to do, people view you as selfish.
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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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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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I think a lot of ladies found me so attractive because I was different, and I acted on that in a way.
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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.
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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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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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A big dog tends to be much more at ease with kids and gentle with them than a little one that's always yelping.
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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.
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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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Scoring 100 points is a lot, but I maybe could have scored 140 if they had played straight-up basketball.
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We're all fascinated by the numbers, as we were about the 100 points.
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