I just think they were just a team that really enjoyed the process and allowed our coaching staff to enjoy the process.
PAT SUMMITTIn order to grow, you must accept new responsibilities, no matter how uncertain you may feel or how unprepared you are to deal with them.
More Pat Summitt Quotes
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Winners are not born, they are self-made.
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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.
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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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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.
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Teamwork does not come naturally. Let’s face it. We are born with certain inclinations, but sharing isn’t one of them.
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Hard work breeds self-respect.
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Teamwork is really a form of trust. It’s what happens when you surrender the mistaken idea that you can go it alone and realize that you won’t achieve your individual goals without the support of your colleagues.
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I mean, we’re always trying to evaluate and tweak things and get better.
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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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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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I want to go to practice. I want to be in the huddles. That’s me.
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I hate to sound this way but, ‘Why me? Why me with dementia?’
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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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Silence is a form of communication, too. Sometimes less is more.
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I didn’t say a lot. I didn’t throw anything. That’s not my style. I did think about it though.
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