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 SUMMITTMake Winning an Attitude.
More Pat Summitt Quotes
-
-
Individual success is a myth. No one succeeds all by herself.
PAT SUMMITT -
If I was renowned as as tough coach, I also wanted to be a caring one
PAT SUMMITT -
The willingness to experiment with change may be the most essential ingredient to success at anything.
PAT SUMMITT -
In order to grow, you must accept new responsibilities, no matter how uncertain you may feel or how unprepared you are to deal with them.
PAT SUMMITT -
You can’t pick and choose the days that you feel like being responsible. It’s not something that disappears when you’re tired.
PAT SUMMITT -
Silence is a form of communication, too. Sometimes less is more.
PAT SUMMITT -
I think the only thing that I really thought about, I am always every year thinking about how I can get better, how my stuff can get better, how our team can improve.
PAT SUMMITT -
You can’t always be the most talented person in the room. But you can be the most competitive.
PAT SUMMITT -
Teamwork is what makes common people capable of uncommon results.
PAT SUMMITT -
The ultimate goal of discipline is to teach self discipline.
PAT SUMMITT -
In the absence of feedback, people will fill in the blanks with a negative. They will assume you don’t care about them or don’t like them.
PAT SUMMITT -
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.
PAT SUMMITT -
Our emphasis is on execution, not winning.
PAT SUMMITT -
Winners are not born, they are self-made.
PAT SUMMITT -
I’m interested to see where a combination of faith and science will take me.
PAT SUMMITT






