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I don't give out compliments easily.

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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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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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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Success is a project that's always under construction.
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Individual success is a myth. No one succeeds all by herself.
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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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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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Admit to and make yourself accountable for mistakes. How can you improve if you're never wrong?
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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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I learned so much from Sue about the Xs and Os of the game of basketball.
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There is nothing wrong with having competitive instincts. They are survival instincts.
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Nine-tenths of discipline is having the patience to do things right.
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Coaches who start listening to fans often wind up sitting next to them.
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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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Winners are not born, they are self-made.
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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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There is an old saying: a champion is someone who is willing to be uncomfortable.
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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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I really felt like we had to have a go to player.
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Losing strengthens you. It reveals your weaknesses so you can fix them
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