Lenny Wilkens famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

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.
-- Lenny Wilkens

#Basketball #Coaching #Achieve
We should never discourage young people from dreaming dreams.
-- Lenny Wilkens

#Dream #People #Should
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.
-- Lenny Wilkens

#Sports #Player #Accountability
I always felt that I was as good as the next person, and I didn't care what they had.
-- Lenny Wilkens

#Caring #Care #Next
If you want it, you've got to give it.
-- Lenny Wilkens

#Giving #Want
If you fail the first time that's just a chance to start over again.
-- Lenny Wilkens

#Starting Over #Firsts #Chance
I worry about the things I can affect, and the things I have no control over I move by.
-- Lenny Wilkens

#Moving #Worry
The American dream, to me, means having the opportunity to achieve, because I don't think you should be guaranteed anything other than opportunity.
-- Lenny Wilkens

#Dream #Mean #Opportunity
If you can't go through it, find a way around it. Don't spend all your time banging your head against it.
-- Lenny Wilkens

#Way #Banging Your Head #Banging
Intimidation doesn't last very long.
-- Lenny Wilkens

#Long #Lasts #Intimidation
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.
-- Lenny Wilkens

#Teamwork #Player #Chance
I told Zollie Volchok we needed an ultrasound machine and he asked me why we needed music in the locker room.
-- Lenny Wilkens

#Basketball #Ultrasounds #Machines
Show people how to have success and then you can push their expectations up.
-- Lenny Wilkens

#People #Expectations #Shows

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