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I think the only thing that I really thought about, I am always every year thinking about how I can get better, how my stuff can get better, how our team can improve.

Pat Summitt

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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Feeling Hate Love Myself Relationship
Winners are not born, they are self-made.
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Born Build Inspirational Win
Class is more important than a game.
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Class Game Important
Change equals self improvement. Push yourself to places you haven’t been before.
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Change Equality Improvement Place Yourself
Sit up straight, listen and participate.
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Listening Participation
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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Attitude Choice Negative Positive Thinking Yourself
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
If you want to be in the game you better shoot 75% from the line.
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Better Game Shoot Sports Yourself
I’m interested to see where a combination of faith and science will take me.
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Belief Combination Faith Interest Myself Success
Teamwork is what makes common people capable of uncommon results.
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People Result Team Work
Combine practice with belief.
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Belief Combination Practice
Sometimes you learn more from losing than winning. Losing forces you to reexamine.
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Examination Force Learning Lose Time Win Yourself
We communicate all the time, even when we don’t realize it. Be aware of body language.
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Aware Body Communication Language
Offense sells tickets, defense wins games, rebounding wins championships.
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Champion Game Offense Ticket Win
I think I can help others just by my example.
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Example Help Thinking
You have to make shots. That’s the bottom line.
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Motivational Shot
Value those colleagues who tell you the truth, not just what you want to hear.
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Challenge Truth Value Yourself
Most people get excited about games, but I’ve got to be excited about practice, because that’s my classroom.
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Class Excitement Games Myself People Practice
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’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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Greatness Myself Neck Support
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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Final Game Loser Preparation Win
Individual success is a myth. No one succeeds all by herself.
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Alone Fantasy Herself Success
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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Better Break Challenge People Thinking Yourself
There is nothing wrong with having competitive instincts. They are survival instincts.
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Competition Feeling Survive Wrong
You can’t always be the most talented person in the room. But you can be the most competitive.
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Competition Person Talent Yourself
Coaches who start listening to fans often wind up sitting next to them.
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Fans Listening Start Wind
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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Achievement Competition Feeling Goal Myself Need

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