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.
PAT SUMMITTDiscipline helps you finish a job, and finishing is what separates excellent work from average work.
More Pat Summitt Quotes
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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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Sometimes you learn more from losing than winning. Losing forces you to reexamine.
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Combine practice with belief.
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You can’t have any quit in you if you want to be successful.
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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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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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There is nothing wrong with having competitive instincts. They are survival instincts.
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Discipline is the only sure way I know to convince people to believe in themselves
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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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We communicate all the time, even when we don’t realize it. Be aware of body language.
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Coaches who start listening to fans often wind up sitting next to them.
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My parents taught me a long time ago that you win in life with people, and that’s important, because if you hang with winners, you stand a great chance of being a winner.
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If I was renowned as as tough coach, I also wanted to be a caring one
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Discipline helps you finish a job, and finishing is what separates excellent work from average work.
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Teamwork doesn’t come naturally. It must be taught.
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I think I can help others just by my example.
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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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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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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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Our emphasis is on execution, not winning.
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Change equals self improvement. Push yourself to places you haven’t been before.
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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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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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Responsibility equals accountability equals ownership. And a sense of ownership is the most powerful weapon a team or organization can have.
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Put the Team Before Yourself.
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