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If I was renowned as as tough coach, I also wanted to be a caring one

Pat Summitt

I haven’t ever really had a goal to break that record or catch John Wooden.
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Break Goal Myself Record
Loyalty is not unilateral. You have to give it to receive it.
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Karma Loyalty Side Yourself
Anyone can quit, but it takes a strong, committed person not to quit when times are tough.
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Commitment Person Quit Strong Time Tough
I’m interested to see where a combination of faith and science will take me.
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Belief Combination Faith Interest Myself Success
Admit to and make yourself accountable for mistakes. How can you improve if you’re never wrong?
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Accountability Admit Improvement Mistake Wrong Yourself
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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Cost Family Head Myself Obligation Reward
You spend more of the game preparing to win in the final seconds. And that is what separates winners from losers.
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Final Game Loser Preparation Win
You can’t always be the most talented person in the room. But you can be the most competitive.
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Competition Person Talent Yourself
If I’m not leading by example, then I’m not doing the right thing. And I want to always do the right thing.
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Example Leadership Myself Right
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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Academics Basket Ball Greatness Sports Yourself
I don’t give out compliments easily.
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Compliment Easy Myself
I mean, we’re always trying to evaluate and tweak things and get better.
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Better Evaluation Myself Try
The best way to handle responsibility is to break it down into smaller parts. Take care of one small thing at a time.
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Best Responsibility Small Time Way
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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Better Break Challenge People Thinking Yourself
Most people get excited about games, but I’ve got to be excited about practice, because that’s my classroom.
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Class Excitement Games Myself People Practice
Belief in yourself is what happens when you know you’ve done the thing things that entitle you to success.
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Belief Success Yourself
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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Childhood Farm Grow Hard Work Yourself
If I was renowned as as tough coach, I also wanted to be a caring one
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Care Oneself Reputation Tough
I’d wake up in the morning and I would think, ‘Where am I?’ I’d have to gather myself.
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Morning Myself Thinking Wake Up
Sit up straight, listen and participate.
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Listening Participation
Coaches who start listening to fans often wind up sitting next to them.
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Fans Listening Start Wind
It is what it is. But, it will be what you make it.
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Change Inspirational
Silence is a form of communication, too. Sometimes less is more.
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Communication Silence Voice
I hate to sound this way but, ‘Why me? Why me with dementia?’
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Hate Myself Sound Way
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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Achievement Support Surender Team Trust Work Yourself
Put the Team Before Yourself.
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Dedication Team Yourself
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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Enjoyment Myself Process Team Thinking

If I was renowned as as tough coach, I also wanted to be a caring one

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