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I’d wake up in the morning and I would think, ‘Where am I?’ I’d have to gather myself.
Pat SummittPat Summitt 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.
Pat SummittPat Summitt Our emphasis is on execution, not winning.
Pat SummittPat Summitt With attitude, you can determine your own performance.
Pat SummittPat Summitt It’s harder to stay on top than it is to make the climb, Continue to seek new goals.
Pat SummittPat Summitt There are some concrete ways to create a winning attitude. But nothing beats practicing it. When you prepare to win, belief comes easily.
Pat SummittPat Summitt Belief in yourself is what happens when you know you’ve done the thing things that entitle you to success.
Pat SummittPat Summitt Discipline yourself, so no one else has to.
Pat SummittPat Summitt 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.
Pat SummittPat Summitt Group discipline produces a unified effort toward a common goal.
Pat SummittPat Summitt Individual success is a myth. No one succeeds all by herself.
Pat SummittPat Summitt Offense sells tickets, defense wins games, rebounding wins championships.
Pat SummittPat Summitt In order to grow, you must accept new responsibilities, no matter how uncertain you may feel or how unprepared you are to deal with them.
Pat SummittPat Summitt 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.
Pat SummittPat Summitt I 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 SummittPat Summitt Hard work breeds self-respect.
Pat SummittPat Summitt
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Sadness shoots a bullet straight at your heart and love buys you time.
Shelby CaudleShelby Caudle Do you think it possible that some people are born to give more love than they will ever get back in return?
Tyler Knott GregsonTyler Knott Gregson It’s been a long time since we said goodbye and yet the echoes of it are still ringing in our ears.
Ranata SuzukiRanata Suzuki In this wilderness, Mankind is the animal I fear.
Addison SchmittAddison Schmitt We can always walk with them in the rain instead of just lending an umbrella.
Leon MarshLeon Marsh Flowers only wither to bloom again. So shall you break, only to be whole again.
Fareena AliyaFareena Aliya What do you do when the passion burns out? Start another fire.
Jonny OxJonny Ox To love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds.
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You can never win when you wear the ugly cloak of self-pity and the sour sound of whining.
Og MandinoOg Mandino I know who I am. I have a very strong sense of self.
Kristen StewartKristen Stewart Treat everyone you meet like God in drag.
Ram DassRam Dass Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.
Og MandinoOg Mandino Always, always, always referring every goddam thing that happens right back to our lousy little egos.
J. D. SalingerJ. D. Salinger When it comes to swag, there’s no gender involved.
Young ThugYoung Thug Hate me for who I am, I don’t care. At least I’m not pretending to be someone I’m not.
Kristen StewartKristen Stewart I stand by every mistake I’ve ever made, so judge away.
Kristen StewartKristen Stewart