Nine-tenths of discipline is having the patience to do things right.
PAT SUMMITTI’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.
More Pat Summitt Quotes
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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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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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Teamwork doesn’t come naturally. It must be taught.
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If you don’t want responsibility, don’t sit in the big chair. To be successful, you must accept full responsibility
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With attitude, you can determine your own performance.
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In the absence of feedback, people will fill in the blanks with a negative. They will assume you don’t care about them or don’t like them.
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You can’t have any quit in you if you want to be successful.
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Sometimes you learn more from losing than winning. Losing forces you to reexamine.
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Combine practice with belief.
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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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Change equals self improvement. Push yourself to places you haven’t been before.
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Group discipline produces a unified effort toward a common goal.
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Admit to and make yourself accountable for mistakes. How can you improve if you’re never wrong?
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There is an old saying: a champion is someone who is willing to be uncomfortable.
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I think you can challenge people, but you don’t want to break people down. But you’ve got to sometimes just pull them aside and say, you know, you’re OK but you could be better.
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