Winners are not born, they are self-made.
PAT SUMMITTIt’s my experience that people rise to the level of their own expectations and of the competition they seek out.
More Pat Summitt Quotes
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There is nothing wrong with having competitive instincts. They are survival instincts.
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Our emphasis is on execution, not winning.
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God doesn’t take things away to be cruel. He takes things away to make room for other things. He takes things away to lighten us. He takes things away so we can fly.
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The person, the student, the athlete, all are considered equal.
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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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You spend more of the game preparing to win in the final seconds. And that is what separates winners from losers.
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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.
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Make Winning an Attitude.
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Teamwork doesn’t come naturally. It must be taught.
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Put the Team Before Yourself.
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Value those colleagues who tell you the truth, not just what you want to hear.
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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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I just think they were just a team that really enjoyed the process and allowed our coaching staff to enjoy the process.
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Nine-tenths of discipline is having the patience to do things right.
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Class is more important than a game.
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I think sometimes for me that sounds like almost being selfish. I am not about personal records.
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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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The best way to handle responsibility is to break it down into smaller parts. Take care of one small thing at a time.
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Losing strengthens you. It reveals your weaknesses so you can fix them.
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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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Belief in yourself is what happens when you know you’ve done the thing things that entitle you to success.
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I have a love-hate relationship with losing. I hate how it makes me feel, which is basically sick. But I love what it brings out.
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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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I hate to sound this way but, ‘Why me? Why me with dementia?’
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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.
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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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