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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More Pat Summitt Quotes
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Offense sells tickets, defense wins games, rebounding wins championships.
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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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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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There is an old saying: a champion is someone who is willing to be uncomfortable.
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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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The best way to handle responsibility is to break it down into smaller parts. Take care of one small thing at a time.
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The ultimate goal of discipline is to teach self discipline.
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Know your strengths, weaknesses, and needs.
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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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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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Combine practice with belief.
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Attitude is a choice. Think positive thoughts daily. Believe in yourself.
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Sit up straight, listen and participate.
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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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God doesn’t take things away to be cruel. He takes things away to make room for other things. He takes things away to lighten us. He takes things away so we can fly.
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