I Believe That Good Things Come To

We're All Fascinated By The Numbers, As We Were About The 100 Points.

I Think A Lot Of Ladies Found Me So Attractive Because I Was Different, And I Acted On That In A Way.

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.

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.

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.