Lenny Wilkens Quotes
- 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…
- 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…
- We should never discourage young people from dreaming dreams.
- I told Zollie Volchok we needed an ultrasound machine and he asked me why we needed music in the locker room.
- 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…
- 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.
- The American dream, to me, means having the opportunity to achieve, because I don't think you should be guaranteed anything other than opportunity.
- I worry about the things I can affect, and the things I have no control over I move by.
- 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 always felt that I was as good as the next person, and I didn't care what they had.