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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.

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
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Loyalty is not unilateral. You have to give it to receive it.
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There is nothing wrong with having competitive instincts. They are survival instincts.
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The best way to handle responsibility is to break it down into smaller parts. Take care of one small thing at a time.
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The person, the student, the athlete, all are considered equal.
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Setting up a system that rewards you for meeting your goals and has penalties for failing to hit your target is just as important as putting your goals down on paper.
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I want to go to practice. I want to be in the huddles. That's me.
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Individual success is a myth. No one succeeds all by herself.
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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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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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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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Belief in yourself is what happens when you know you've done the thing things that entitle you to success.
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With attitude, you can determine your own performance.
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If you want to be in the game you better shoot 75% from the line.
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Hard work breeds self-respect.
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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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Success is a project that's always under construction.
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