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Class is more important than a game.

Pat Summitt

We do not win championships with girls. We win with competitors.
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Champion Competition Discrimination
I’d wake up in the morning and I would think, ‘Where am I?’ I’d have to gather myself.
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Morning Myself Thinking Wake Up
Offense sells tickets, defense wins games, rebounding wins championships.
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Champion Game Offense Ticket Win
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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Academics Basket Ball Greatness Sports Yourself
You can’t have any quit in you if you want to be successful.
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Quit Success Yourself
Sit up straight, listen and participate.
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Listening Participation
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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Goal Penalty System Target Yourself
Anyone can quit, but it takes a strong, committed person not to quit when times are tough.
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Commitment Person Quit Strong Time Tough
Put the Team Before Yourself.
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Dedication Team Yourself
Teamwork is what makes common people capable of uncommon results.
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People Result Team Work
My parents taught me a long time ago that you win in life with people, and that’s important, because if you hang with winners, you stand a great chance of being a winner.
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Chance Greatness Life Parents Stand Time Win Yourself
Coaches who start listening to fans often wind up sitting next to them.
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Fans Listening Start Wind
Success is a project that’s always under construction.
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Construction Inspirational Project Success
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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Equality Oragnization Powerful Responsibility Team Weapon
I just think they were just a team that really enjoyed the process and allowed our coaching staff to enjoy the process.
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Enjoyment Myself Process Team Thinking
I think sometimes for me that sounds like almost being selfish. I am not about personal records.
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Myself Personal Record Sound Thinking Time

Class is more important than a game.

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