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If you want to be in the game you better shoot 75% from the line.

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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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Individual success is a myth. No one succeeds all by herself.
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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 really felt like we had to have a go to player.
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Nine-tenths of discipline is having the patience to do things right.
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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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There is always someone better than you. Whatever it is that you do for a living, chances are, you will run into a situation in which you are not as talented as the person next to you. That's when being a competitor can make a difference in your fortunes.
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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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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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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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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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Loyalty is not unilateral. You have to give it to receive it.
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Success is a project that's always under construction.
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I love teaching I think more than anything. It's the opportunity to just teach young people and teach the game. You teach more than basketball. You teach life skills. The teaching part of it is something that I am passionate about. I look forward to every practice. A lot of people say well, I enjoy coaching, but I see myself as more as a teacher.
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I want to continue to do is to help these young women be successful. .. You don't just say goodbye at the end of their playing careers and end it there.
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No one feels strong when she examines her own weakness. But in facing weakness, you learn how much there is in you, and you find real strength.
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Responsibility equals accountability equals ownership. And a sense of ownership is the most powerful weapon a team or organization can have.
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There is an old saying: a champion is someone who is willing to be uncomfortable.
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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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