Value those colleagues who tell you the truth, not just what you want to hear.
PAT SUMMITTDiscipline yourself, so no one else has to.
More Pat Summitt Quotes
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Losing strengthens you. It reveals your weaknesses so you can fix them.
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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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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 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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The person, the student, the athlete, all are considered equal.
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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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If I was renowned as as tough coach, I also wanted to be a caring one
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Sit up straight, listen and participate.
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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 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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Belief in yourself is what happens when you know you’ve done the thing things that entitle you to success.
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Teamwork doesn’t come naturally. It must be taught.
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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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See yourself as self employed.
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You spend more of the game preparing to win in the final seconds. And that is what separates winners from losers.
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