I’m interested to see where a combination of faith and science will take me.
PAT SUMMITTValue those colleagues who tell you the truth, not just what you want to hear.
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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I don’t give out compliments easily.
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The willingness to experiment with change may be the most essential ingredient to success at anything.
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Hard work breeds self-respect.
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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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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.
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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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We do not win championships with girls. We win with competitors.
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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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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 greatest strength any human being an have is to recognize his or her own weaknesses. When you identify your weaknesses, you can begin to remedy them – or at least figure out how to work around them.
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Most people get excited about games, but I’ve got to be excited about practice, because that’s my classroom.
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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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I 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.
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Silence is a form of communication, too. Sometimes less is more.
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