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.
PAT SUMMITTGroup discipline produces a unified effort toward a common goal.
More Pat Summitt Quotes
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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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You have to make shots. That’s the bottom line.
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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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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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Loyalty is not unilateral. You have to give it to receive it.
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I mean, we’re always trying to evaluate and tweak things and get better.
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The person, the student, the athlete, all are considered equal.
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I think helped our players in terms of being able to fight through some adversity along the way.
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I want to go to practice. I want to be in the huddles. That’s me.
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Sometimes you learn more from losing than winning. Losing forces you to reexamine.
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Sit up straight, listen and participate.
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It is what it is. But, it will be what you make it.
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Teamwork doesn’t come naturally. It must be taught.
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I 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.
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I don’t give out compliments easily.
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