Change equals self improvement. Push yourself to places you haven’t been before.
PAT SUMMITTChange equals self improvement. Push yourself to places you haven’t been before.
PAT SUMMITTIf I was renowned as as tough coach, I also wanted to be a caring one
PAT SUMMITTI think helped our players in terms of being able to fight through some adversity along the way.
PAT SUMMITTYou can’t pick and choose the days that you feel like being responsible. It’s not something that disappears when you’re tired.
PAT SUMMITTI 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 SUMMITTSetting up a system that rewards you for meeting your goals and has penalties for failing to hit your target is just as important as putting your goals down on paper.
PAT SUMMITTIn 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 SUMMITTIf I’m not leading by example, then I’m not doing the right thing. And I want to always do the right thing.
PAT SUMMITTHard work breeds self-respect.
PAT SUMMITTI want to go to practice. I want to be in the huddles. That’s me.
PAT SUMMITTNine-tenths of discipline is having the patience to do things right.
PAT SUMMITTLosing strengthens you. It reveals your weaknesses so you can fix them.
PAT SUMMITTI won 1,098 games, and eight national championships, and coached in four different decades. But what I see are not the numbers. I see their faces.
PAT SUMMITTMost people get excited about games, but I’ve got to be excited about practice, because that’s my classroom.
PAT SUMMITTClass is more important than a game.
PAT SUMMITTThere is an old saying: a champion is someone who is willing to be uncomfortable.
PAT SUMMITT