64 Quotes by Wilt Chamberlain

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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