I don’t give out compliments easily.
PAT SUMMITTThere 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.
More Pat Summitt Quotes
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Value those colleagues who tell you the truth, not just what you want to hear.
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I think the most important thing I thought is, I thought about recruiting and what we need in recruiting.
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I mean, we’re always trying to evaluate and tweak things and get better.
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There are some concrete ways to create a winning attitude. But nothing beats practicing it. When you prepare to win, belief comes easily.
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Responsibility equals accountability equals ownership. And a sense of ownership is the most powerful weapon a team or organization can have.
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It’s harder to stay on top than it is to make the climb, Continue to seek new goals.
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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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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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The best way to handle responsibility is to break it down into smaller parts. Take care of one small thing at a time.
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I haven’t ever really had a goal to break that record or catch John Wooden.
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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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Attitude is a choice. What you think you can do, whether positive or negative, confident or scared, will most likely happen.
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Sometimes you learn more from losing than winning. Losing forces you to reexamine.
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Losing strengthens you. It reveals your weaknesses so you can fix them.
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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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