I haven’t ever really had a goal to break that record or catch John Wooden.
PAT SUMMITTI think I can help others just by my example.
More Pat Summitt Quotes
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I want to keep coaching as long as I can. I love teaching and working with student athletes and I love being at the University of Tennessee.
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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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Individual success is a myth. No one succeeds all by herself.
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There are some concrete ways to create a winning attitude. But nothing beats practicing it. When you prepare to win, belief comes easily.
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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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Sit up straight, listen and participate.
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Hard work breeds self-respect.
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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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Coaches who start listening to fans often wind up sitting next to them.
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Silence is a form of communication, too. Sometimes less is more.
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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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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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Most people get excited about games, but I’ve got to be excited about practice, because that’s my classroom.
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Sometimes you learn more from losing than winning. Losing forces you to reexamine.
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Success is a project that’s always under construction.
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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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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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It is what it is. But, it will be what you make 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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I think sometimes for me that sounds like almost being selfish. I am not about personal records.
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Offense sells tickets, defense wins games, rebounding wins championships.
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I’m interested to see where a combination of faith and science will take me.
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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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We do not win championships with girls. We win with competitors.
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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.
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Loyalty is not unilateral. You have to give it to receive it.
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