She taught me that it’s ok to let down your guard and allow your players to get to know you. They don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.
PAT SUMMITTIf you want to be in the game you better shoot 75% from the line.
More Pat Summitt Quotes
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Sometimes you learn more from losing than winning. Losing forces you to reexamine.
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There is not that many players that really can take over games, signed Candace Parker, I really felt like at that time that a National Championship was certainly in reach.
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Success is all a matter of perspective. It depends on where you start from, and where you want to end up.
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You can’t pick and choose the days that you feel like being responsible. It’s not something that disappears when you’re tired.
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I don’t give out compliments easily.
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Attitude is a choice. Think positive thoughts daily. Believe in yourself.
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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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You can’t always be the most talented person in the room. But you can be the most competitive.
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Silence is a form of communication, too. Sometimes less is more.
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Know your strengths, weaknesses, and needs.
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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 want to continue to do is to help these young women be successful. You don’t just say goodbye at the end of their playing careers and end it there.
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Anyone can quit, but it takes a strong, committed person not to quit when times are tough.
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A competitor continually sets new goals. He feels the need to keep raising the bar. If the fist goal is to make the team, and he achieves it, he immediately resets the goal to: I want to be a starter.
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Success is a project that’s always under construction.
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