Quotes by Wilt Chamberlain

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Nobody roots for Goliath.
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Nobody roots for Goliath.
It just wasn’t right the way they were behind by 25 points and then they’re told to hold the ball.
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It just wasn’t right the way they were behind by 25 points and then they’re told to hold the ball.
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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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.
It seemed like whatever I touched, I was breaking record after record. I just knew I was on. I completely destroyed all existing shooting records there – an omen of things to come.
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It seemed like whatever I touched, I was breaking record after record. I just knew I was on. I completely destroyed all existing shooting records there – an omen of things to come.
Everyone roots for David, Nobody pulls for Goliath.
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Everyone roots for David, Nobody pulls for Goliath.
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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A big dog tends to be much more at ease with kids and gentle with them than a little one that’s always yelping.
The man who won’t loan money isn’t going to have many friends – or need them.
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The man who won’t loan money isn’t going to have many friends – or need them.
When you go out there and do the things you’re supposed to do, people view you as selfish.
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When you go out there and do the things you’re supposed to do, people view you as selfish.
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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If I were given a change of life, I’d like to see how it would be to live as a mere six-footer.
It was a different sexual situation going on than it is in the ’80s and ’90s, and I did a very poor job of describing that.
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It was a different sexual situation going on than it is in the ’80s and ’90s, and I did a very poor job of describing that.
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