I didn’t say a lot. I didn’t throw anything. That’s not my style. I did think about it though.
PAT SUMMITTA 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.
More Pat Summitt Quotes
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I think you can challenge people, but you don’t want to break people down. But you’ve got to sometimes just pull them aside and say, you know, you’re OK but you could be better.
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There are some concrete ways to create a winning attitude. But nothing beats practicing it. When you prepare to win, belief comes easily.
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Rebounding wins championships, you need to emphasize it and work with kids on it.
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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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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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There is an old saying: a champion is someone who is willing to be uncomfortable.
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Combine practice with belief.
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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 go to practice. I want to be in the huddles. That’s me.
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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.
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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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No one feels strong when she examines her own weakness. But in facing weakness, you learn how much there is in you, and you find real strength.
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I’d wake up in the morning and I would think, ‘Where am I?’ I’d have to gather myself.
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We do not win championships with girls. We win with competitors.
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Individual success is a myth. No one succeeds all by herself.
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