Quote

The ultimate goal of discipline is to teach self discipline.

Pat Summitt

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

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
Self
Basketball
Discipline
Ultimate
Teach
Goal

More quotes by Pat Summitt

Image
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.
Pat Summitt
Image
Belief in yourself is what happens when you know you've done the thing things that entitle you to success.
Pat Summitt
Image
I think helped our players in terms of being able to fight through some adversity along the way.
Pat Summitt
Image
I hate to sound this way but, 'Why me? Why me with dementia?'
Pat Summitt
Image
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.
Pat Summitt
Image
Actually, when I saw it in USA Today, I just, Candace Parker was, we were warming up in practice and she was underneath the basket shooting and I just said, 'Hey Candace! I enjoyed what I read in the paper today about your decision [to stay].' She just started laughing and I did too. So I haven't discussed it with her.
Pat Summitt
Image
I want to go to practice. I want to be in the huddles. That's me.
Pat Summitt
Image
I just think they were just a team that really enjoyed the process and allowed our coaching staff to enjoy the process.
Pat Summitt
Image
Winners are not born, they are self-made.
Pat Summitt
Image
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.
Pat Summitt
Image
It's harder to stay on top than it is to make the climb, Continue to seek new goals.
Pat Summitt
Image
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.
Pat Summitt
Image
Discipline yourself, so no one else has to.
Pat Summitt
Image
I have a love-hate relationship with losing. I hate how it makes me feel, which is basically sick. But I love what it brings out.
Pat Summitt
Image
Class is more important than a game.
Pat Summitt
Image
You spend more of the game preparing to win in the final seconds. And that is what separates winners from losers.
Pat Summitt
Image
The best way to handle responsibility is to break it down into smaller parts. Take care of one small thing at a time.
Pat Summitt
Image
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.
Pat Summitt
Image
Sometimes you learn more from losing than winning. Losing forces you to reexamine.
Pat Summitt
Image
If I'm not leading by example, then I'm not doing the right thing. And I want to always do the right thing.
Pat Summitt