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Lenny Wilkens Biography

Leonard Randolph Wilkens (born October 28, 1937) is an American retired basketball player and coach in the National Basketball Association (NBA). 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.

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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.

Book, Careers, Everywhere, Knowing, Meadowlark, People

We should never discourage young people from dreaming dreams.

Dream, People, Should, Young, Discourage

Show people how to have success and then you can push their expectations up.

People, Expectations, Shows, Push, Show

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.

Teamwork, Player, Chance, Worked, Thought, Individually

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.

Accountable, Basketball, Blame, Motivational, Player, Sports

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.

Basketball, Coaching, Achieve, Accountable, Early

I always felt that I was as good as the next person, and I didn't care what they had.

Caring, Care, Next, Person, Felt, Good

If you fail the first time that's just a chance to start over again.

Starting Over, Firsts, Chance, Time, Start

I worry about the things I can affect, and the things I have no control over I move by.

Moving, Worry, I Can, Things, Affect

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

Dream, Mean, Opportunity, Think, American

If you can't go through it, find a way around it. Don't spend all your time banging your head against it.

Banging, Banging Your Head, Head, Spend, Way

I told Zollie Volchok we needed an ultrasound machine and he asked me why we needed music in the locker room.

Basketball, Ultrasounds, Machines, Zollie, Ultrasound, Asked

If you want it, you've got to give it.

Giving, Want, Ifs, Give

Intimidation doesn't last very long.

Long, Lasts, Intimidation