Rebounding wins championships, you need to emphasize it and work with kids on it.
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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There 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.
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If I’m not leading by example, then I’m not doing the right thing. And I want to always do the right thing.
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There is nothing wrong with having competitive instincts. They are survival instincts.
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Teamwork doesn’t come naturally. It must be taught.
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Discipline yourself, so no one else has to.
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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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Coaches who start listening to fans often wind up sitting next to them.
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Put the Team Before Yourself.
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If I aint happy, nobody’s happy.
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I hate to sound this way but, ‘Why me? Why me with dementia?’
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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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Teamwork is really a form of trust. It’s what happens when you surrender the mistaken idea that you can go it alone and realize that you won’t achieve your individual goals without the support of your colleagues.
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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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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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Belief in yourself is what happens when you know you’ve done the thing things that entitle you to success.
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