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Winners are not born, they are self-made.

Pat Summitt

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Pat Summitt
Age: 64 †
Born: 1952
Born: June 14
Died: 2016
Died: June 28
Basketball Coach
Basketball Player
Clarksville
Tennessee
Patricia Sue Summitt
Patricia Sue Head
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Group discipline produces a unified effort toward a common goal.
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Actually, when I saw it in USA Today, I just, Candace Parker was, we were warming up in practice and she was underneath the basket shooting and I just said, 'Hey Candace! I enjoyed what I read in the paper today about your decision [to stay].' She just started laughing and I did too. So I haven't discussed it with her.
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The ultimate goal of discipline is to teach self discipline.
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Success lulls you. It makes the most ambitious of us complacent and sloppy. In a way, you have to cultivate a kind of amnesia and forget all of your previous prosperity.
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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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Teamwork doesn't come naturally. It must be taught.
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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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I think helped our players in terms of being able to fight through some adversity along the way.
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Losing strengthens you. It reveals your weaknesses so you can fix them
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I want to keep coaching as long as I can. I love teaching and working with student athletes and I love being at the University of Tennessee.
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Offense sells tickets, defense wins games, rebounding wins championships.
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There is an old saying: a champion is someone who is willing to be uncomfortable.
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Individual success is a myth. No one succeeds all by herself.
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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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With attitude, you can determine your own performance.
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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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I was a little concerned about it when State Farm approached me because, you know, I've never done a commercial by any means, but I tried to look at it as something that would be good for our game. We've never had a women's basketball coach represented in that fashion and I love State Farm for the fact they really support the women's game.
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If I aint happy, nobody's happy.
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If you want to be in the game you better shoot 75% from the line.
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Put the Team Before Yourself.
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