Success lulls you. It makes the most ambitious of us complacent and sloppy. In a way, you have to cultivate a kind of amnesia and forget all of your previous prosperity.
PAT SUMMITTThere is an old saying: a champion is someone who is willing to be uncomfortable.
More Pat Summitt Quotes
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I mean, we’re always trying to evaluate and tweak things and get better.
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If you want to be in the game you better shoot 75% from the line.
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Responsibility equals accountability equals ownership. And a sense of ownership is the most powerful weapon a team or organization can have.
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I’d wake up in the morning and I would think, ‘Where am I?’ I’d have to gather myself.
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I think helped our players in terms of being able to fight through some adversity along the way.
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I’ve always put great emphasis on the academics and getting your degree. It’s important because basketball is short term. The long term is what are you gonna do after college and after you no longer can bounce the ball.
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I’ve got a great staff and great support system, and I’m going to stick my neck out and do what I always do.
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Here’s how I’m going to beat you. I’m going to outwork you. That’s it. That’s all there is to it.
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Discipline is the only sure way I know to convince people to believe in themselves
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Success is a project that’s always under construction.
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If I aint happy, nobody’s happy.
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Hard work breeds self-respect.
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Class is more important than a game.
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Value those colleagues who tell you the truth, not just what you want to hear.
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I think the most important thing I thought is, I thought about recruiting and what we need in recruiting.
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