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.
PAT SUMMITTSometimes you learn more from losing than winning. Losing forces you to reexamine.
More Pat Summitt Quotes
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Rebounding wins championships, you need to emphasize it and work with kids on it.
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Silence is a form of communication, too. Sometimes less is more.
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If I was renowned as as tough coach, I also wanted to be a caring one
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Sometimes you learn more from losing than winning. Losing forces you to reexamine.
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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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Loyalty is not unilateral. You have to give it to receive it.
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Individual success is a myth. No one succeeds all by herself.
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Combine practice with belief.
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Success is a project that’s always under construction.
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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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Group discipline produces a unified effort toward a common goal.
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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 won 1,098 games, and eight national championships, and coached in four different decades. But what I see are not the numbers. I see their faces.
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There is nothing wrong with having competitive instincts. They are survival instincts.
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I want to continue to do is to help these young women be successful. You don’t just say goodbye at the end of their playing careers and end it there.
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