I think the most important thing I thought is, I thought about recruiting and what we need in recruiting.
PAT SUMMITTThere is nothing wrong with having competitive instincts. They are survival instincts.
More Pat Summitt Quotes
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Individual success is a myth. No one succeeds all by herself.
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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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No one feels strong when she examines her own weakness. But in facing weakness, you learn how much there is in you, and you find real strength.
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A competitor continually sets new goals. He feels the need to keep raising the bar. If the fist goal is to make the team, and he achieves it, he immediately resets the goal to: I want to be a starter.
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Put the Team Before Yourself.
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If I was renowned as as tough coach, I also wanted to be a caring one
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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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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.
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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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You have to make shots. That’s the bottom line.
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We communicate all the time, even when we don’t realize it. Be aware of body language.
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There is an old saying: a champion is someone who is willing to be uncomfortable.
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The ultimate goal of discipline is to teach self discipline.
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You can’t pick and choose the days that you feel like being responsible. It’s not something that disappears when you’re tired.
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Know your strengths, weaknesses, and needs.
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