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
Lenny Wilkens quotes about
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.
I think that you have to communicate with people, and I think that respect is a two-way street.
I think my track record proves that if I have time, I can do it, ... And I wanted to do it, especially here. But the opportunity wasn't there. I'm not one that cries over spilled milk. Once it's over, it's over, and I prefer to move on.
I never really had Allan Houston, ... So I don't know what our team could have been.
The finances of those type of things really don't factor into our decisions.
So my philosophy becomes that I worry about the things I can affect, and the things I have no control over I move by.
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.
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.
If you want it, you've got to give it.
If you fail the first time that's just a chance to start over again.
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 can't go through it, find a way around it. Don't spend all your time banging your head against it.
Intimidation doesn't last very long.