Our emphasis is on execution, not winning.
PAT SUMMITTPut the Team Before Yourself.
More Pat Summitt Quotes
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A competitor continually sets new goals. He feels the need to keep raising the bar. If the fist goal is to make the team, and he achieves it, he immediately resets the goal to: I want to be a starter.
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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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Loyalty is not unilateral. You have to give it to receive it.
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If I was renowned as as tough coach, I also wanted to be a caring one
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Coaches who start listening to fans often wind up sitting next to them.
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Know your strengths, weaknesses, and needs.
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Success is a project that’s always under construction.
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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 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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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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There is an old saying: a champion is someone who is willing to be uncomfortable.
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Rebounding wins championships, you need to emphasize it and work with kids on it.
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Responsibility equals accountability equals ownership. And a sense of ownership is the most powerful weapon a team or organization can have.
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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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I’ve got a great staff and great support system, and I’m going to stick my neck out and do what I always do.
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