You can’t always be the most talented person in the room. But you can be the most competitive.
PAT SUMMITTIf I was renowned as as tough coach, I also wanted to be a caring one
More Pat Summitt Quotes
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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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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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I’m interested to see where a combination of faith and science will take me.
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I hate to sound this way but, ‘Why me? Why me with dementia?’
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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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If I was renowned as as tough coach, I also wanted to be a caring one
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You can’t have any quit in you if you want to be successful.
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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 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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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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Teamwork is really a form of trust. It’s what happens when you surrender the mistaken idea that you can go it alone and realize that you won’t achieve your individual goals without the support of your colleagues.
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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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It’s harder to stay on top than it is to make the climb, Continue to seek new goals.
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I don’t give out compliments easily.
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Discipline is the only sure way I know to convince people to believe in themselves
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