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.
PAT SUMMITTIf I’m not leading by example, then I’m not doing the right thing. And I want to always do the right thing.
More Pat Summitt Quotes
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Losing strengthens you. It reveals your weaknesses so you can fix them.
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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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Teamwork is what makes common people capable of uncommon results.
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Success is a project that’s always under construction.
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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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In the absence of feedback, people will fill in the blanks with a negative. They will assume you don’t care about them or don’t like them.
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The ultimate goal of discipline is to teach self discipline.
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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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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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If I aint happy, nobody’s happy.
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See yourself as self employed.
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We do not win championships with girls. We win with competitors.
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Rebounding wins championships, you need to emphasize it and work with kids on it.
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Discipline yourself, so no one else has to.
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Coaches who start listening to fans often wind up sitting next to them.
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