“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.” WayReasonDoneGamesLinesPoorBehindsHalfStepsCollegeCirclesShootingComparisonFooledFreshmanShooterFree Throw Author:Wilt Chamberlain
“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.” SaidBigsSeemsGamesStarsPlayerSpecialAppreciateIncrediblesAll TimeLeagueHonoredAthleticBest PlayersAll Stars Author:Wilt Chamberlain
“I get constant reminders from fans who equate that game and my career as one and the same.” GamesCareersFansBasketballConstantReminders Author:Wilt Chamberlain
“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.” IfsGivingGamesBasketballGive MeBillsEightRingsNineGuaranteesBostonBoston Celtics Author:Wilt Chamberlain
“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.” MenEndsGamesWinningLosesTeamBasketballNbaOne ManBasketball CoachingInspirational BasketballBest TeamBasketball GameBest BasketballBasketball WinningWinning Basketball Author:Wilt Chamberlain
