Lenny Wilkens
Lenny Wilkens
Leonard Randolph "Lenny" Wilkensis an American retired basketball player and coach in the National Basketball Association. He has been inducted three times into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, first in 1989 as a player, as a coach in 1998, and in 2010 as part of the 1992 United States Olympic "Dream Team", for which he was an assistant coach. He is also a 2006 inductee into the College Basketball Hall of Fame...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth28 October 1937
CityBrooklyn, NY
CountryUnited States of America
I never really had a chance to know the players individually... I thought when they were on the floor, they worked hard. But I never really got to know them.
Intimidation doesn't last very long.
If you can't go through it, find a way around it. Don't spend all your time banging your head against it.
Meadowlark Lemon's book Trust Your Next Shot is written by a remarkable person. I have had the pleasure of knowing Meadowlark for quite some time. He has given back to his community quite generously in addition to serving as an outstanding role model for young people. Meadowlark's career has allowed him to touch people's lives everywhere and I am so proud to be his friend. God has certainly touched his life.
If you fail the first time that's just a chance to start over again.
If you want it, you've got to give it.
I worry about the things I can affect, and the things I have no control over I move by.
The most important quality I look for in a player is accountability. You've got to be accountable for who you are. It's too easy to blame things on someone else.
The American dream, to me, means having the opportunity to achieve, because I don't think you should be guaranteed anything other than opportunity.
We should never discourage young people from dreaming dreams.
I learned early that if I wanted to achieve anything in life, I'd have to do it myself. I learned that I had to be accountable.