We do not win championships with girls. We win with competitors.
PAT SUMMITTI want to go to practice. I want to be in the huddles. That’s me.
More Pat Summitt Quotes
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Class is more important than a game.
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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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Teamwork doesn’t come naturally. It must be taught.
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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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Loyalty is not unilateral. You have to give it to receive it.
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I haven’t ever really had a goal to break that record or catch John Wooden.
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Make Winning an Attitude.
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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 spend more of the game preparing to win in the final seconds. And that is what separates winners from losers.
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Value those colleagues who tell you the truth, not just what you want to hear.
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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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I think the only thing that I really thought about, I am always every year thinking about how I can get better, how my stuff can get better, how our team can improve.
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Sit up straight, listen and participate.
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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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Change equals self improvement. Push yourself to places you haven’t been before.
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I mean, we’re always trying to evaluate and tweak things and get better.
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You can’t always be the most talented person in the room. But you can be the most competitive.
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Attitude is a choice. What you think you can do, whether positive or negative, confident or scared, will most likely happen.
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Losing strengthens you. It reveals your weaknesses so you can fix them.
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Hard work breeds self-respect.
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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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I’ve always put great emphasis on the academics and getting your degree. It’s important because basketball is short term. The long term is what are you gonna do after college and after you no longer can bounce the ball.
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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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It’s harder to stay on top than it is to make the climb, Continue to seek new goals.
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Sometimes you learn more from losing than winning. Losing forces you to reexamine.
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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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