A competitor continually sets new goals. He feels the need to keep raising the bar. If the fist goal is to make the team, and he achieves it, he immediately resets the goal to: I want to be a starter.
PAT SUMMITTIndividual success is a myth. No one succeeds all by herself.
More Pat Summitt Quotes
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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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Put the Team Before Yourself.
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I just think they were just a team that really enjoyed the process and allowed our coaching staff to enjoy the process.
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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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I mean, we’re always trying to evaluate and tweak things and get 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 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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I’ve got a great staff and great support system, and I’m going to stick my neck out and do what I always do.
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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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I 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.
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Individual success is a myth. No one succeeds all by herself.
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If I aint happy, nobody’s happy.
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No one feels strong when she examines her own weakness. But in facing weakness, you learn how much there is in you, and you find real strength.
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You can’t pick and choose the days that you feel like being responsible. It’s not something that disappears when you’re tired.
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The greatest strength any human being an have is to recognize his or her own weaknesses. When you identify your weaknesses, you can begin to remedy them – or at least figure out how to work around them.
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