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
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 think that you have to communicate with people, and I think that respect is a two-way street.
Only time will tell, ... I'm sure when you're paying a guy that kind of money, you're going to give him a chance to see what he can do. But time will tell.
The American dream, to me, means having the opportunity to achieve . . . because I don't think you should be guaranteed anything other than opportunity.
He was very disappointed, naturally. Everybody wants to be a part of this, but there are only so many spots.
I've been out of town since the time when I won. It's always more fun to be recognized by your own community. People know you better, and they're more judgmental.
I let them know that I believe that they can succeed, and I'm going to be there to help them.
I never really had Allan Houston, ... So I don't know what our team could have been.
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 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 told Zollie Volchok we needed an ultrasound machine and he asked me why we needed music in the locker room.
Show people how to have success and then you can push their expectations up.
I always felt that I was as good as the next person, and I didn't care what they had.
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.