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Put the Team Before Yourself.

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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It's harder to stay on top than it is to make the climb, Continue to seek new goals.
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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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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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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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I hate to sound this way but, 'Why me? Why me with dementia?'
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I haven't ever really had a goal to break that record or catch John Wooden.
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Teamwork doesn't come naturally. It must be taught.
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Group discipline produces a unified effort toward a common goal.
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I never ask Candace Parker if she was thinking about leaving because I never had any reason to believe she would. I just kept the focus on the team and on Candace and the role she played for us.
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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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If I aint happy, nobody's happy.
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Losing strengthens you. It reveals your weaknesses so you can fix them
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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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If you want to be in the game you better shoot 75% from the line.
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Hard work breeds self-respect.
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I want to go to practice. I want to be in the huddles. That's me.
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Admit to and make yourself accountable for mistakes. How can you improve if you're never wrong?
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She taught me that it's ok to let down your guard and allow your players to get to know you. They don't care how much you know until they know how much you care.
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