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.
PAT SUMMITTWinners are not born, they are self-made.
More Pat Summitt Quotes
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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.
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I think helped our players in terms of being able to fight through some adversity along the way.
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There is an old saying: a champion is someone who is willing to be uncomfortable.
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The person, the student, the athlete, all are considered equal.
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I don’t give out compliments easily.
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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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I want to go to practice. I want to be in the huddles. That’s me.
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Losing strengthens you. It reveals your weaknesses so you can fix them.
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I think the most important thing I thought is, I thought about recruiting and what we need in recruiting.
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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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Most people get excited about games, but I’ve got to be excited about practice, because that’s my classroom.
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Put the Team Before Yourself.
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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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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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You can’t have any quit in you if you want to be successful.
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