I think helped our players in terms of being able to fight through some adversity along the way.
PAT SUMMITTWe do not win championships with girls. We win with competitors.
More Pat Summitt Quotes
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If I aint happy, nobody’s happy.
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You can’t have any quit in you if you want to be successful.
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Discipline is the only sure way I know to convince people to believe in themselves
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Winners are not born, they are self-made.
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Teamwork is what makes common people capable of uncommon results.
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There are some concrete ways to create a winning attitude. But nothing beats practicing it. When you prepare to win, belief comes easily.
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You have to make shots. That’s the bottom line.
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A competitor continually sets new goals. He feels the need to keep raising the bar. If the fist goal is to make the team, and he achieves it, he immediately resets the goal to: I want to be a starter.
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Sometimes you learn more from losing than winning. Losing forces you to reexamine.
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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 want to go to practice. I want to be in the huddles. That’s me.
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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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Anyone can quit, but it takes a strong, committed person not to quit when times are tough.
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If you don’t want responsibility, don’t sit in the big chair. To be successful, you must accept full responsibility
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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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There is nothing wrong with having competitive instincts. They are survival instincts.
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Losing strengthens you. It reveals your weaknesses so you can fix them.
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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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If you want to be in the game you better shoot 75% from the line.
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I think I can help others just by my example.
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Change equals self improvement. Push yourself to places you haven’t been before.
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Discipline helps you finish a job, and finishing is what separates excellent work from average work.
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Discipline yourself, so no one else has to.
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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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To me, teamwork is a lot like being part of a family. It comes with obligations, entanglements, headaches, and quarrels. But the rewards are worth the cost.
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