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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
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Clarksville
Tennessee
Patricia Sue Summitt
Patricia Sue Head
Patricia Sue Pat Summitt
Patricia Susan Summitt
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I just think they were just a team that really enjoyed the process and allowed our coaching staff to enjoy the process.
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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 can't pick and choose the days that you feel like being responsible. It's not something that disappears when you're tired.
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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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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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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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Loyalty is not unilateral. You have to give it to receive it.
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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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If you don't want responsibility, don't sit in the big chair. To be successful, you must accept full responsibility
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Actually, when I saw it in USA Today, I just, Candace Parker was, we were warming up in practice and she was underneath the basket shooting and I just said, 'Hey Candace! I enjoyed what I read in the paper today about your decision [to stay].' She just started laughing and I did too. So I haven't discussed it with her.
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I think helped our players in terms of being able to fight through some adversity along the way.
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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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There is not that many players that really can take over games, signed Candace Parker, I really felt like at that time that a National Championship was certainly in reach.
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I learned so much from Sue about the Xs and Os of the game of basketball.
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The person, the student, the athlete, all are considered equal.
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If you want to be in the game you better shoot 75% from the line.
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She taught me that it's ok to let down your guard and allow your players to get to know you. They don't care how much you know until they know how much you care.
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To me, teamwork is a lot like being part of a family. It comes with obligations, entanglements, headaches, and quarrels. But the rewards are worth the cost.
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Group discipline produces a unified effort toward a common goal.
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There is nothing wrong with having competitive instincts. They are survival instincts.
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