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I won 1,098 games, and eight national championships, and coached in four different decades. But what I see are not the numbers. I see their faces.

Pat Summitt

To me, teamwork is a lot like being part of a family. It comes with obligations, entanglements, headaches, and quarrels. But the rewards are worth the cost.
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Cost Family Head Myself Obligation Reward
I want to keep coaching as long as I can. I love teaching and working with student athletes and I love being at the University of Tennessee.
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Athlete Love Myself Teaching Work
Combine practice with belief.
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Belief Combination Practice
Teamwork is what makes common people capable of uncommon results.
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People Result Team Work
Put the Team Before Yourself.
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Dedication Team Yourself
If I was renowned as as tough coach, I also wanted to be a caring one
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Care Oneself Reputation Tough
We do not win championships with girls. We win with competitors.
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Champion Competition Discrimination
Offense sells tickets, defense wins games, rebounding wins championships.
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Champion Game Offense Ticket Win
If you don’t want responsibility, don’t sit in the big chair. To be successful, you must accept full responsibility
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Acceptance Responsibility Sit Yourself
I mean, we’re always trying to evaluate and tweak things and get better.
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Better Evaluation Myself Try
Most people get excited about games, but I’ve got to be excited about practice, because that’s my classroom.
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Class Excitement Games Myself People Practice
Attitude is a choice. Think positive thoughts daily. Believe in yourself.
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Attitude Believe Choice Positive Thinking Yourself
The person, the student, the athlete, all are considered equal.
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Athlete Equality Person Student
My parents taught me a long time ago that you win in life with people, and that’s important, because if you hang with winners, you stand a great chance of being a winner.
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Chance Greatness Life Parents Stand Time Win Yourself
There is an old saying: a champion is someone who is willing to be uncomfortable.
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Advice Champion Comfortable Old Willing
I think you can challenge people, but you don’t want to break people down. But you’ve got to sometimes just pull them aside and say, you know, you’re OK but you could be better.
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Better Break Challenge People Thinking Yourself

I won 1,098 games, and eight national championships, and coached in four different decades. But what I see are not the numbers. I see their faces.

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