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There is nothing wrong with having competitive instincts. They are survival instincts.
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
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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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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You can't have any quit in you if you want to be successful.
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Admit to and make yourself accountable for mistakes. How can you improve if you're never wrong?
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If I aint happy, nobody's happy.
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The best way to handle responsibility is to break it down into smaller parts. Take care of one small thing at a time.
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Teamwork doesn't come naturally. It must be taught.
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Put the Team Before Yourself.
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Most people get excited about games, but I've got to be excited about practice, because that's my classroom.
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Group discipline produces a unified effort toward a common goal.
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It's my experience that people rise to the level of their own expectations and of the competition they seek out.
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If you want to be in the game you better shoot 75% from the line.
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No one feels strong when she examines her own weakness. But in facing weakness, you learn how much there is in you, and you find real strength.
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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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Coaches who start listening to fans often wind up sitting next to them.
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Class is more important than a game.
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Individual success is a myth. No one succeeds all by herself.
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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.
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