There is nothing wrong with having competitive instincts. They are survival instincts.
PAT SUMMITTIt’s harder to stay on top than it is to make the climb, Continue to seek new goals.
More Pat Summitt Quotes
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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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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 want to continue to do is to help these young women be successful. You don’t just say goodbye at the end of their playing careers and end it there.
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I think the most important thing I thought is, I thought about recruiting and what we need in recruiting.
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Rebounding wins championships, you need to emphasize it and work with kids on it.
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Nine-tenths of discipline is having the patience to do things right.
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I won 1,098 games, and eight national championships, and coached in four different decades. But what I see are not the numbers. I see their faces.
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Coaches who start listening to fans often wind up sitting next to them.
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See yourself as self employed.
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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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Offense sells tickets, defense wins games, rebounding wins championships.
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With attitude, you can determine your own performance.
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She taught me that it’s ok to let down your guard and allow your players to get to know you. They don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.
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I want to go to practice. I want to be in the huddles. That’s me.
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God doesn’t take things away to be cruel. He takes things away to make room for other things. He takes things away to lighten us. He takes things away so we can fly.
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