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I think the most important thing I thought is, I thought about recruiting and what we need in recruiting.

Pat Summitt

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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Greatness Human Recognition Strength Weakness Work Yourself
I think sometimes for me that sounds like almost being selfish. I am not about personal records.
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Myself Personal Record Sound Thinking Time
If I was renowned as as tough coach, I also wanted to be a caring one
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Care Oneself Reputation Tough
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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Goal Penalty System Target Yourself
I mean, we’re always trying to evaluate and tweak things and get better.
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Better Evaluation Myself Try
Winners are not born, they are self-made.
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Born Build Inspirational Win
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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Champion Different Face Myself National Sports Time Win
See yourself as self employed.
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Employment See Yourself
I think helped our players in terms of being able to fight through some adversity along the way.
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Adversity Fight Myself Player Thinking
My parents taught me a long time ago that you win in life with people, and that’s important, because if you hang with winners, you stand a great chance of being a winner.
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Chance Greatness Life Parents Stand Time Win Yourself
Class is more important than a game.
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Class Game Important
Anyone can quit, but it takes a strong, committed person not to quit when times are tough.
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Commitment Person Quit Strong Time Tough
Sit up straight, listen and participate.
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Listening Participation
Most people get excited about games, but I’ve got to be excited about practice, because that’s my classroom.
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Class Excitement Games Myself People Practice
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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Academics Basket Ball Greatness Sports Yourself
You can’t always be the most talented person in the room. But you can be the most competitive.
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Competition Person Talent Yourself

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