Sometimes it’s tough. Q: What knowledge do you take away from being on that team? No other player ever played me that way. There are two or three that are really good, the rest of ’em couldn’t make Overbrook High School. You showed him the ropes.

I believe that someone has to be the carrier of the flame. … I never believe in closing the door or anything at all.

That was the team to be on. Please hit "Playlists" So You Can See All of My Videos.... Report. But he was great in his era, I just don't know how great he would have been in other eras. Our coach didn't care for me at all and I didn't care for him, so we had a lot of friction. It just didn't mean very much. Sometimes, and it’s fact, you have gotten into a car and just driven as far as you can drive. And not just against us. People don’t realize that you guys grew up, you took him under your wing, you befriended him.

I respected their ability to come to the call when it was needed. (laughs) This puts me so far above people. And I understand that to some degree. The Greatest Interview with Wilt Chamberlin: Part 1. He'd come over my house for Thanksgiving and he'd bring Sam Jones and KC Jones and we'd have dinner. We were getting some of the good turns, we were getting some of the bounces of the ball. Wilt, on whether he would be as dominant in the late ’80s as he was in the ’60s: But I think there was a lot of big guys when I played. No more or less than most star players. When I got into the pros, I was never, ever physically afraid of anybody, but it wasn't as much a physical thing.

For Part 2 of this interview, in which Wilt discusses Bill Russell, his outrageous libido and more, visit below: Chargers-Ravens: Top 3 Storylines in AFC Wild Card Game, The Greatest Wilt Chamberlain Interview: Part 2. Q: How did that feel to know that you were basically unstoppable? I was placating them with passes and so forth and maybe I should have changed my game back a little to where I used to play. Roy Firestone: Red Auerbach, or the man that you never even mentioned by name, you just refer to him as, “The man I don’t like.” Your comments on him? And Russell was just one of the great players that I had a chance to play against. As great as they were, they weren't running away from the league. Q: Did you change your game at all that season? It was always a challenge to go out there and it was like the quickest gun in the west, I mean you wanted to prove just how good you were. I just want to be satisfied. Facebook. Mm-hmm (affirmative).

Follow. A: John and I are close. So when the game is over people say, "Why didn't you shoot, Wilt?" … I believe they have athletic ability, but they don’t use this right up here [points to head], which a great many athletes don’t do. He has known you since he’s 14 years old.

They want to see something really different than just the jump shot or just the hook shot. Everybody had a role on that team.

When you have no fear, it's just going to make you much better at what you're doing. I think that Wilt Chamberlain, as age has come upon him, is even much more secure. During an interview for a book called Tall Tales by writer Terry Pluto, former college and NBA player Johnny Kerr admitted that Chamberlain broke his … If the other team is better or the other person is better, it's just that. Go here for Part 1. Unfortunately, the team was sold from Philadelphia to San Francisco.

Very seldom do professional coaches have a great impact on teams. Wilt Chamberlain: Oh, a number of things. Super stud, I mean what is that? They had an incredible amount of luck, but you make your own luck. Q: Do you think the players and fans today have an appreciation for the history of the game? Because if I stood up, my head would be like almost touching the ceiling and everybody would look, so I was really quite conscious about that.

They would not come out to watch us unless had a chance or something that they wanted to see.

It's strange when you're in the middle of doing something that's very, very natural for you. It allowed me to show that I had a physical way about myself, but also I believed like the Greeks do in a strong body and a strong mind. Even though I can do less, I feel much more secure about it. Guys who weighed more than I do, a few guys taller than I was, a lot of seven footers, but today the guys are much more athletic. I can't think of anyone else that was strong. If I just went out and took it to the basket every time I'd have averaged 70 or 80 points a game. A: I was fortunate. ), Why Wilt Chamberlain couldn’t play like Shaquille O’Neal, Wilt Chamberlain picks up a guy so effortlessly it looks like he’s on strings, DeAndre Ayton reveals his goal for the 2020/21 season, Shane Battier could reportedly join Daryl Morey in the Sixers.



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