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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.
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
Patricia Sue Pat Summitt
Patricia Susan Summitt
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