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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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By doing things when you are too tired, by pushing yourself farther than you thought you could - like running the track after a two-hour practice - you become a competitor. Each time you go beyond your perceived limit, you become mentally stronger.
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Success is a project that's always under construction.
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I was a little concerned about it when State Farm approached me because, you know, I've never done a commercial by any means, but I tried to look at it as something that would be good for our game. We've never had a women's basketball coach represented in that fashion and I love State Farm for the fact they really support the women's game.
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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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Discipline yourself, so no one else has to.
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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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If I aint happy, nobody's happy.
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If you want to be in the game you better shoot 75% from the line.
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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 have a love-hate relationship with losing. I hate how it makes me feel, which is basically sick. But I love what it brings out.
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I think sometimes for me that sounds like almost being selfish. I am not about personal records.
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I want to go to practice. I want to be in the huddles. That's me.
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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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Loyalty is not unilateral. You have to give it to receive it.
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You have to make shots. That's the bottom line.
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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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You can't have any quit in you if you want to be successful.
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I haven't ever really had a goal to break that record or catch John Wooden.
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The ultimate goal of discipline is to teach self discipline.
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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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