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.
PAT SUMMITTResponsibility equals accountability equals ownership. And a sense of ownership is the most powerful weapon a team or organization can have.
More Pat Summitt Quotes
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Teamwork doesn’t come naturally. It must be taught.
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Success lulls you. It makes the most ambitious of us complacent and sloppy. In a way, you have to cultivate a kind of amnesia and forget all of your previous prosperity.
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There is nothing wrong with having competitive instincts. They are survival instincts.
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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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Most people get excited about games, but I’ve got to be excited about practice, because that’s my classroom.
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Silence is a form of communication, too. Sometimes less is more.
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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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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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We communicate all the time, even when we don’t realize it. Be aware of body language.
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Our emphasis is on execution, not winning.
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Hard work breeds self-respect.
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You can’t have any quit in you if you want to be successful.
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I mean, we’re always trying to evaluate and tweak things and get better.
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Discipline is the only sure way I know to convince people to believe in themselves
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Anyone can quit, but it takes a strong, committed person not to quit when times are tough.
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