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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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Patricia Susan Summitt
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You're wondering what a bale of hay has to do with success. Well, there's a trick to loading hay. You have to use your knee. What you do is, you put your right knee behind it and half kick it up in the air. That way you get some lift on it. ... My point is, there are certain ways to make a hard job easier.
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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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When you choose to be a competitor you choose to be a survivor. When you choose to compete, you make the conscious decision to find out what your real limits are, not just what you think they are.
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There is nothing wrong with having competitive instincts. They are survival instincts.
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You can't always be the most talented person in the room. But you can be the most competitive
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With attitude, you can determine your own performance.
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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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Competition got me off the farm and trained me to seek out challenges and to endure setbacks and in combination with my faith, it sustains me now in my fight with Alzheimer's disease.
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Nine-tenths of discipline is having the patience to do things right.
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Teamwork doesn't come naturally. It must be taught.
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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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Individual success is a myth. No one succeeds all by herself.
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I don't give out compliments easily.
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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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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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Offense sells tickets, defense wins games, rebounding wins championships.
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If I aint happy, nobody's happy.
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Coaches who start listening to fans often wind up sitting next to them.
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