You can’t always be the most talented person in the room. But you can be the most competitive.
PAT SUMMITTDiscipline yourself, so no one else has to.
More Pat Summitt Quotes
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I just think they were just a team that really enjoyed the process and allowed our coaching staff to enjoy the process.
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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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Rebounding wins championships, you need to emphasize it and work with kids on it.
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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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Teamwork does not come naturally. Let’s face it. We are born with certain inclinations, but sharing isn’t one of them.
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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.
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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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Sometimes you learn more from losing than winning. Losing forces you to reexamine.
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See yourself as self employed.
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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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Individual success is a myth. No one succeeds all by herself.
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The ultimate goal of discipline is to teach self discipline.
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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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Setting up a system that rewards you for meeting your goals and has penalties for failing to hit your target is just as important as putting your goals down on paper.
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Admit to and make yourself accountable for mistakes. How can you improve if you’re never wrong?
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