Success 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 SUMMITTDiscipline helps you finish a job, and finishing is what separates excellent work from average work.
More Pat Summitt Quotes
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Nine-tenths of discipline is having the patience to do things right.
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You have to make shots. That’s the bottom line.
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Hard work breeds self-respect.
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Offense sells tickets, defense wins games, rebounding wins championships.
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It is what it is. But, it will be what you make it.
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Coaches who start listening to fans often wind up sitting next to them.
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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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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.
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Individual success is a myth. No one succeeds all by herself.
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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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Belief in yourself is what happens when you know you’ve done the thing things that entitle you to success.
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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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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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I’d wake up in the morning and I would think, ‘Where am I?’ I’d have to gather myself.
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