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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 haven't ever really had a goal to break that record or catch John Wooden.
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Coaches who start listening to fans often wind up sitting next to them.
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Sometimes you learn more from losing than winning. Losing forces you to reexamine.
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Loyalty is not unilateral. You have to give it to receive it.
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Individual success is a myth. No one succeeds all by herself.
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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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Winners are not born, they are self-made.
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I hate to sound this way but, 'Why me? Why me with dementia?'
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If I'm not leading by example, then I'm not doing the right thing. And I want to always do the right thing.
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In order to grow, you must accept new responsibilities, no matter how uncertain you may feel or how unprepared you are to deal with them.
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The ultimate goal of discipline is to teach self discipline.
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I love teaching I think more than anything. It's the opportunity to just teach young people and teach the game. You teach more than basketball. You teach life skills. The teaching part of it is something that I am passionate about. I look forward to every practice. A lot of people say well, I enjoy coaching, but I see myself as more as a teacher.
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Put the Team Before Yourself.
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I won 1,098 games, and eight national championships, and coached in four different decades. But what I see are not the numbers. I see their faces.
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I never ask Candace Parker if she was thinking about leaving because I never had any reason to believe she would. I just kept the focus on the team and on Candace and the role she played for us.
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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 go to practice. I want to be in the huddles. That's me.
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You spend more of the game preparing to win in the final seconds. And that is what separates winners from losers.
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Attitude lies somewhere between emotion and logic. It's that curious mix of optimism and determination that enables you to maintain a positive outlook and to continue plodding in the face of the most adverse circumstances.
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