To 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 SUMMITTAnyone can quit, but it takes a strong, committed person not to quit when times are tough.
More Pat Summitt Quotes
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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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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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Winners are not born, they are self-made.
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Success is all a matter of perspective. It depends on where you start from, and where you want to end up.
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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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When you grow up on a dairy farm, cows don’t take a day off. So you work every day and my dad always said, ‘No one can outwork you,’
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Coaches who start listening to fans often wind up sitting next to them.
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Value those colleagues who tell you the truth, not just what you want to hear.
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Our emphasis is on execution, not winning.
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If you want to be in the game you better shoot 75% from the line.
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In order to grow, you must accept new responsibilities, no matter how uncertain you may feel or how unprepared you are to deal with them.
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Success is a project that’s always under construction.
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If you don’t want responsibility, don’t sit in the big chair. To be successful, you must accept full responsibility
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I mean, we’re always trying to evaluate and tweak things and get better.
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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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