If I was renowned as as tough coach, I also wanted to be a caring one
PAT SUMMITTI’ve got a great staff and great support system, and I’m going to stick my neck out and do what I always do.
More Pat Summitt Quotes
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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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Our emphasis is on execution, not winning.
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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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Value those colleagues who tell you the truth, not just what you want to hear.
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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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Loyalty is not unilateral. You have to give it to receive 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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Most people get excited about games, but I’ve got to be excited about practice, because that’s my classroom.
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You have to make shots. That’s the bottom line.
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Teamwork doesn’t come naturally. It must be taught.
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Coaches who start listening to fans often wind up sitting next to them.
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I mean, we’re always trying to evaluate and tweak things and get better.
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Nine-tenths of discipline is having the patience to do things right.
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Discipline yourself, so no one else has to.
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There is an old saying: a champion is someone who is willing to be uncomfortable.
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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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I want to go to practice. I want to be in the huddles. That’s me.
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It’s my experience that people rise to the level of their own expectations and of the competition they seek out.
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God 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.
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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 have a love-hate relationship with losing. I hate how it makes me feel, which is basically sick. But I love what it brings out.
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Success is a project that’s always under construction.
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The willingness to experiment with change may be the most essential ingredient to success at anything.
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Change equals self improvement. Push yourself to places you haven’t been before.
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Offense sells tickets, defense wins games, rebounding wins championships.
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I haven’t ever really had a goal to break that record or catch John Wooden.
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