Anyone can quit, but it takes a strong, committed person not to quit when times are tough.
PAT SUMMITTAnyone can quit, but it takes a strong, committed person not to quit when times are tough.
PAT SUMMITTSit up straight, listen and participate.
PAT SUMMITTMake Winning an Attitude.
PAT SUMMITTSuccess 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.
PAT SUMMITTI want to keep coaching as long as I can. I love teaching and working with student athletes and I love being at the University of Tennessee.
PAT SUMMITTYou have to make shots. That’s the bottom line.
PAT SUMMITTDiscipline yourself, so no one else has to.
PAT SUMMITTLosing strengthens you. It reveals your weaknesses so you can fix them.
PAT SUMMITTI don’t give out compliments easily.
PAT SUMMITTGroup discipline produces a unified effort toward a common goal.
PAT SUMMITTThere is nothing wrong with having competitive instincts. They are survival instincts.
PAT SUMMITTResponsibility equals accountability equals ownership. And a sense of ownership is the most powerful weapon a team or organization can have.
PAT SUMMITTI just think they were just a team that really enjoyed the process and allowed our coaching staff to enjoy the process.
PAT SUMMITTCoaches who start listening to fans often wind up sitting next to them.
PAT SUMMITTAttitude is a choice. What you think you can do, whether positive or negative, confident or scared, will most likely happen.
PAT SUMMITTHere’s how I’m going to beat you. I’m going to outwork you. That’s it. That’s all there is to it.
PAT SUMMITT