You spend more of the game preparing to win in the final seconds. And that is what separates winners from losers.
PAT SUMMITTLosing strengthens you. It reveals your weaknesses so you can fix them.
More Pat Summitt Quotes
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Admit to and make yourself accountable for mistakes. How can you improve if you’re never wrong?
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Our emphasis is on execution, not winning.
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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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The person, the student, the athlete, all are considered equal.
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Teamwork doesn’t come naturally. It must be taught.
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There is an old saying: a champion is someone who is willing to be uncomfortable.
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In order to grow, you must accept new responsibilities, no matter how uncertain you may feel or how unprepared you are to deal with them.
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Hard work breeds self-respect.
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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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We communicate all the time, even when we don’t realize it. Be aware of body language.
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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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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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If I was renowned as as tough coach, I also wanted to be a caring one
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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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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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