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.
PAT SUMMITTIn 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.
More Pat Summitt Quotes
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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’d wake up in the morning and I would think, ‘Where am I?’ I’d have to gather myself.
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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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Combine practice with belief.
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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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I think sometimes for me that sounds like almost being selfish. I am not about personal records.
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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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Discipline is the only sure way I know to convince people to believe in themselves
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My parents taught me a long time ago that you win in life with people, and that’s important, because if you hang with winners, you stand a great chance of being a winner.
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The ultimate goal of discipline is to teach self discipline.
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I think I can help others just by my example.
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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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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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If I aint happy, nobody’s happy.
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