Success is all a matter of perspective. It depends on where you start from, and where you want to end up.
PAT SUMMITTIndividual success is a myth. No one succeeds all by herself.
More Pat Summitt Quotes
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Coaches who start listening to fans often wind up sitting next to them.
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Combine practice with belief.
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When you grow up on a dairy farm, cows don’t take a day off. So you work every day and my dad always said, ‘No one can outwork you,’
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Discipline helps you finish a job, and finishing is what separates excellent work from average work.
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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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You can’t always be the most talented person in the room. But you can be the most competitive.
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I’d wake up in the morning and I would think, ‘Where am I?’ I’d have to gather myself.
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There is nothing wrong with having competitive instincts. They are survival instincts.
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Setting 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.
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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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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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It’s my experience that people rise to the level of their own expectations and of the competition they seek out.
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I hate to sound this way but, ‘Why me? Why me with dementia?’
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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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Value those colleagues who tell you the truth, not just what you want to hear.
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