Value those colleagues who tell you the truth, not just what you want to hear.
PAT SUMMITTAdmit to and make yourself accountable for mistakes. How can you improve if you’re never wrong?
More Pat Summitt Quotes
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The willingness to experiment with change may be the most essential ingredient to success at anything.
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Attitude is a choice. What you think you can do, whether positive or negative, confident or scared, will most likely happen.
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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 didn’t say a lot. I didn’t throw anything. That’s not my style. I did think about it though.
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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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It’s harder to stay on top than it is to make the climb, Continue to seek new goals.
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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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Coaches who start listening to fans often wind up sitting next to them.
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There is an old saying: a champion is someone who is willing to be uncomfortable.
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You can’t have any quit in you if you want to be successful.
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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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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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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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There is nothing wrong with having competitive instincts. They are survival instincts.
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I’ve got a great staff and great support system, and I’m going to stick my neck out and do what I always do.
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