She taught me that it’s ok to let down your guard and allow your players to get to know you. They don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.
PAT SUMMITTNo 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.
More Pat Summitt Quotes
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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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Sometimes you learn more from losing than winning. Losing forces you to reexamine.
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Class is more important than a game.
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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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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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To me, teamwork is a lot like being part of a family. It comes with obligations, entanglements, headaches, and quarrels. But the rewards are worth the cost.
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Combine practice with belief.
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The person, the student, the athlete, all are considered equal.
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You can’t have any quit in you if you want to be successful.
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Teamwork is really a form of trust. It’s what happens when you surrender the mistaken idea that you can go it alone and realize that you won’t achieve your individual goals without the support of your colleagues.
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Success is all a matter of perspective. It depends on where you start from, and where you want to end up.
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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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There is an old saying: a champion is someone who is willing to be uncomfortable.
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Success is a project that’s always under construction.
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We do not win championships with girls. We win with competitors.
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