There is not that many players that really can take over games, signed Candace Parker, I really felt like at that time that a National Championship was certainly in reach.
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.
More Pat Summitt Quotes
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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.
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The best way to handle responsibility is to break it down into smaller parts. Take care of one small thing at a time.
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Belief in yourself is what happens when you know you’ve done the thing things that entitle you to success.
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Silence is a form of communication, too. Sometimes less is more.
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Most people get excited about games, but I’ve got to be excited about practice, because that’s my classroom.
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Individual success is a myth. No one succeeds all by herself.
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I want to go to practice. I want to be in the huddles. That’s me.
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Anyone can quit, but it takes a strong, committed person not to quit when times are tough.
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Success is a project that’s always under construction.
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Losing strengthens you. It reveals your weaknesses so you can fix them.
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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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To me, teamwork is a lot like being part of a family. It comes with obligations, entanglements, headaches, and quarrels. But the rewards are worth the cost.
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Success is all a matter of perspective. It depends on where you start from, and where you want to end up.
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Here’s how I’m going to beat you. I’m going to outwork you. That’s it. That’s all there is to it.
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Change equals self improvement. Push yourself to places you haven’t been before.
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