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You can't always be the most talented person in the room. But you can be the most competitive

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Pat Summitt
Age: 64 †
Born: 1952
Born: June 14
Died: 2016
Died: June 28
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Clarksville
Tennessee
Patricia Sue Summitt
Patricia Sue Head
Patricia Sue Pat Summitt
Patricia Susan Summitt
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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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Attitude is a choice. What you think you can do, whether positive or negative, confident or scared, will most likely happen.
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Individual success is a myth. No one succeeds all by herself.
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Offense sells tickets, defense wins games, rebounding wins championships.
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You can't have any quit in you if you want to be successful.
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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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