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.
PAT SUMMITTTeamwork is what makes common people capable of uncommon results.
More Pat Summitt Quotes
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See yourself as self employed.
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Success is a project that’s always under construction.
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Combine practice with belief.
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It’s harder to stay on top than it is to make the climb, Continue to seek new goals.
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Sit up straight, listen and participate.
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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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Most people get excited about games, but I’ve got to be excited about practice, because that’s my classroom.
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If I was renowned as as tough coach, I also wanted to be a caring one
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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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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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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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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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Value those colleagues who tell you the truth, not just what you want to hear.
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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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Put the Team Before Yourself.
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