If you fail the first time that's just a chance to start over again.
"As player:"
* 9× List of NBA All-Stars/NBA All-Star
* NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award/NBA All-Star Game MVP (1971)
* 50 Greatest Players in NBA History/NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team
* No. 19 Seattle SuperSonics#Retired numbers/retired by Seattle SuperSonics
* Consensus second-team NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans/All-American (1960 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans/1960)
"As coach:"
* List of NBA champions/NBA champion
* NBA Coach of the Year Award/NBA Coach of the Year
*4× List of NBA All-Star Game head coaches/NBA All-Star Game head coach (1979 NBA All-Star Game/1979, 1980 NBA All-Star Game/1980, 1989 NBA All-Star Game/1989, 1994 NBA All-Star Game/1994)
* Top 10 Coaches in NBA History
* Gold medal winner at the Summer Olympic Games/Olympic Games (Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics/1996)
/ stat1label = Point (basketball)/Points
/ stat1value = 17,772 (16.5 ppg)
/ stat2label = Rebound (basketball)/Rebounds
/ stat2value = 5,030 (4.7 rpg)
/ stat3label = Assist (basketball)/Assists
/ stat3value = 7,211 (6.7 apg)
/ bbr = wilkele01
/ letter = w
/ HOF_player = leonard-r-lenny-wilkens-player
/ HOF_coach = leonard-r-lenny-wilkens-coach
More Lenny Wilkens on Wikipedia.The American dream, to me, means having the opportunity to achieve . . . because I don't think you should be guaranteed anything other than opportunity.
We should never discourage young people from dreaming dreams.
If you want it, you've got to give it.
Intimidation doesn't last very long.
I think that you have to communicate with people, and I think that respect is a two-way street.
If you can't go through it, find a way around it. Don't spend all your time banging your head against that.
I let them know that I believe that they can succeed, and I'm going to be there to help them.
So my philosophy becomes that I worry about the things I can affect, and the things I have no control over I move by.
Copyright © 2024 Electric Goat Media. All Rights Reserved.