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Losing strengthens you. It reveals your weaknesses so you can fix them

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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
Weakness
Losing
Strength
Strengthens
Experience
Volleyball
Fixing
Weaknesses
Reveals
Revealing

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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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