Put the Team Before Yourself.
PAT SUMMITTPut the Team Before Yourself.
PAT SUMMITTKnow your strengths, weaknesses, and needs.
PAT SUMMITTGod 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 SUMMITTMost people get excited about games, but I’ve got to be excited about practice, because that’s my classroom.
PAT SUMMITTI want to keep coaching as long as I can. I love teaching and working with student athletes and I love being at the University of Tennessee.
PAT SUMMITTI want to go to practice. I want to be in the huddles. That’s me.
PAT SUMMITTOffense sells tickets, defense wins games, rebounding wins championships.
PAT SUMMITTTeamwork does not come naturally. Let’s face it. We are born with certain inclinations, but sharing isn’t one of them.
PAT SUMMITTIt’s harder to stay on top than it is to make the climb, Continue to seek new goals.
PAT SUMMITTThere is nothing wrong with having competitive instincts. They are survival instincts.
PAT SUMMITTI think I can help others just by my example.
PAT SUMMITTTo me, teamwork is a lot like being part of a family. It comes with obligations, entanglements, headaches, and quarrels. But the rewards are worth the cost.
PAT SUMMITTTeamwork doesn’t come naturally. It must be taught.
PAT SUMMITTIndividual success is a myth. No one succeeds all by herself.
PAT SUMMITTSit up straight, listen and participate.
PAT SUMMITTSuccess lulls you. It makes the most ambitious of us complacent and sloppy. In a way, you have to cultivate a kind of amnesia and forget all of your previous prosperity.
PAT SUMMITT