"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."

Lenny Wilkens, American Basketball Coach

Thought, Chance

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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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