Silence is a form of communication, too. Sometimes less is more.
PAT SUMMITTSilence is a form of communication, too. Sometimes less is more.
PAT SUMMITTI 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 SUMMITTTeamwork doesn’t come naturally. It must be taught.
PAT SUMMITTI 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 SUMMITTSit up straight, listen and participate.
PAT SUMMITTYou spend more of the game preparing to win in the final seconds. And that is what separates winners from losers.
PAT SUMMITTIn 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 SUMMITTSuccess is a project that’s always under construction.
PAT SUMMITTTo 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.
PAT SUMMITTYou can’t pick and choose the days that you feel like being responsible. It’s not something that disappears when you’re tired.
PAT SUMMITTThe best way to handle responsibility is to break it down into smaller parts. Take care of one small thing at a time.
PAT SUMMITTYou have to make shots. That’s the bottom line.
PAT SUMMITTSee yourself as self employed.
PAT SUMMITTI 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 SUMMITTThere 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.
PAT SUMMITTI think the most important thing I thought is, I thought about recruiting and what we need in recruiting.
PAT SUMMITT