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I am about helping each and every student athlete that selects to wear the orange, you know, be successful at Tennessee individually and as a team. That type of record is certainly not anything that I have aspirations to reach.

Pat Summitt

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Pat Summitt
Age: 64 †
Born: 1952
Born: June 14
Died: 2016
Died: June 28
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Clarksville
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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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Offense sells tickets, defense wins games, rebounding wins championships.
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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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Sometimes you learn more from losing than winning. Losing forces you to reexamine.
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It's harder to stay on top than it is to make the climb, Continue to seek new goals.
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Coaches who start listening to fans often wind up sitting next to them.
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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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Hard work breeds self-respect.
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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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I don't give out compliments easily.
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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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When you grow up on a dairy farm, cows don't take a day off. So you work every day and my dad always said, 'No one can outwork you,'
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With attitude, you can determine your own performance.
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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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Nine-tenths of discipline is having the patience to do things right.
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My parents taught me a long time ago that you win in life with people, and that's important, because if you hang with winners, you stand a great chance of being a winner.
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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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Teamwork doesn't come naturally. It must be taught.
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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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