Explore Quotes by Wilt Chamberlain

Nobody roots for Goliath.

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 is said that good things come to those who wait. I believe that good things come to those who work.

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.

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.

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.

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.

You must understand as a kid of color in those days, the Harlem Globetrotters were like being movie stars.

When you go out there and do the things you're supposed to do, people view you as selfish.

We're all fascinated by the numbers, as we were about the 100 points.

They were so clever finding ways to get me the ball. They had to do more than just give up open shots. They had to avoid fouls and pass me the ball in traffic.

They were willing to do anything to stop me.

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

Scoring 100 points is a lot, but I maybe could have scored 140 if they had played straight-up basketball.

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

It was a challenge to my teammates to help me.

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.

I get constant reminders from fans who equate that game and my career as one and the same.

I couldn't have come close without my teammates' help because the Knicks didn't want me to make 100.