Hard work breeds self-respect.
PAT SUMMITT
PAT SUMMITT
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Teamwork does not come naturally. Let’s face it. We are born with certain inclinations, but sharing isn’t one of them.
Pat SummittPat Summitt Most people get excited about games, but I’ve got to be excited about practice, because that’s my classroom.
Pat SummittPat Summitt There is an old saying: a champion is someone who is willing to be uncomfortable.
Pat SummittPat Summitt I didn’t say a lot. I didn’t throw anything. That’s not my style. I did think about it though.
Pat SummittPat Summitt I think I can help others just by my example.
Pat SummittPat Summitt I think the most important thing I thought is, I thought about recruiting and what we need in recruiting.
Pat SummittPat Summitt 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.
Pat SummittPat Summitt 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.
Pat SummittPat Summitt When you grow up on a dairy farm, cows don’t take a day off. So you work every day and my dad always said, ‘No one can outwork you,’
Pat SummittPat Summitt Responsibility equals accountability equals ownership. And a sense of ownership is the most powerful weapon a team or organization can have.
Pat SummittPat Summitt 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.
Pat SummittPat Summitt Put the Team Before Yourself.
Pat SummittPat Summitt I want to go to practice. I want to be in the huddles. That’s me.
Pat SummittPat Summitt The best way to handle responsibility is to break it down into smaller parts. Take care of one small thing at a time.
Pat SummittPat Summitt Rebounding wins championships, you need to emphasize it and work with kids on it.
Pat SummittPat Summitt If I’m not leading by example, then I’m not doing the right thing. And I want to always do the right thing.
Pat SummittPat Summitt
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Sadness shoots a bullet straight at your heart and love buys you time.
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Ranata SuzukiRanata Suzuki In this wilderness, Mankind is the animal I fear.
Addison SchmittAddison Schmitt We can always walk with them in the rain instead of just lending an umbrella.
Leon MarshLeon Marsh Flowers only wither to bloom again. So shall you break, only to be whole again.
Fareena AliyaFareena Aliya What do you do when the passion burns out? Start another fire.
Jonny OxJonny Ox To love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds.
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