Lenny Wilkens quotes
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“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.”
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“We should never discourage young people from dreaming dreams.”
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“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.”
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“I always felt that I was as good as the next person, and I didn't care what they had.”
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“If you fail the first time that's just a chance to start over again.”
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“I worry about the things I can affect, and the things I have no control over I move by.”
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“The American dream, to me, means having the opportunity to achieve, because I don't think you should be guaranteed anything other than opportunity.”
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“If you can't go through it, find a way around it. Don't spend all your time banging your head against it.”
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“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.”
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“I told Zollie Volchok we needed an ultrasound machine and he asked me why we needed music in the locker room.”
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“Show people how to have success and then you can push their expectations up.”
-- Lenny Wilkens
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