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The ultimate goal of discipline is to teach self discipline.

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
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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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You're wondering what a bale of hay has to do with success. Well, there's a trick to loading hay. You have to use your knee. What you do is, you put your right knee behind it and half kick it up in the air. That way you get some lift on it. ... My point is, there are certain ways to make a hard job easier.
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The person, the student, the athlete, all are considered equal.
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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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Losing strengthens you. It reveals your weaknesses so you can fix them
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Individual success is a myth. No one succeeds all by herself.
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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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