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 SUMMITTChange equals self improvement. Push yourself to places you haven’t been before.
More Pat Summitt Quotes
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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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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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Value those colleagues who tell you the truth, not just what you want to hear.
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Group discipline produces a unified effort toward a common goal.
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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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I didn’t say a lot. I didn’t throw anything. That’s not my style. I did think about it though.
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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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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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You can’t pick and choose the days that you feel like being responsible. It’s not something that disappears when you’re tired.
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Know your strengths, weaknesses, and needs.
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If I was renowned as as tough coach, I also wanted to be a caring one
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No one feels strong when she examines her own weakness. But in facing weakness, you learn how much there is in you, and you find real strength.
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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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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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I won 1,098 games, and eight national championships, and coached in four different decades. But what I see are not the numbers. I see their faces.
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