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Hard work breeds self-respect.

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
Breeds
Perseverance
Respect
Self
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Attitude lies somewhere between emotion and logic. It's that curious mix of optimism and determination that enables you to maintain a positive outlook and to continue plodding in the face of the most adverse circumstances.
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I want to go to practice. I want to be in the huddles. That's me.
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It's my experience that people rise to the level of their own expectations and of the competition they seek out.
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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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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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There is nothing wrong with having competitive instincts. They are survival instincts.
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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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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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If I aint happy, nobody's happy.
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I am about helping each and every student athlete that selects to wear the orange, you know, be successful at Tennessee individually and as a team. That type of record is certainly not anything that I have aspirations to reach.
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There are some concrete ways to create a winning attitude. But nothing beats practicing it. When you prepare to win, belief comes easily.
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Change equals self improvement. Push yourself to places you haven't been before.
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Setting up a system that rewards you for meeting your goals and has penalties for failing to hit your target is just as important as putting your goals down on paper.
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Individual success is a myth. No one succeeds all by herself.
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Sometimes you learn more from losing than winning. Losing forces you to reexamine.
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I think sometimes for me that sounds like almost being selfish. I am not about personal records.
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By doing things when you are too tired, by pushing yourself farther than you thought you could - like running the track after a two-hour practice - you become a competitor. Each time you go beyond your perceived limit, you become mentally stronger.
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Coaches who start listening to fans often wind up sitting next to them.
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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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