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Competition got me off the farm and trained me to seek out challenges and to endure setbacks and in combination with my faith, it sustains me now in my fight with Alzheimer's disease.

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
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Patricia Susan Summitt
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Losing strengthens you. It reveals your weaknesses so you can fix them
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I haven't ever really had a goal to break that record or catch John Wooden.
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Loyalty is not unilateral. You have to give it to receive it.
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