Pat Summitt Quotes

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  God doesn’t take things away to be cruel. He takes things away to make room for other things. He takes things away to lighten us. He takes things away so we can fly.

  Pat Summitt

  God, Faith, Flying

  Pat Head Summitt, Sally Jenkins (2013). “Sum It Up: A Thousand and Ninety-Eight Victories, a Couple of Irrelevant Losses, and a Life in Perspective”, p.376, Crown Archetype

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• Accountability is essential to personal growth, as well as team growth. How can you improve if you're never wrong? If you don't admit a mistake and take responsibility for it, you're bound to make the same one again.

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  Basketball, Mistake, Team

  Pat Summitt (1999). “Reach for the Summit”, p.39, Crown Business

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• The absolute heart of loyalty is to value those people who tell you the truth, not just those people who tell you what you want to hear. In fact, you should value them most. Because they have paid you the compliment of leveling with you and assuming you can handle it.

  Pat Summitt

  Inspirational, Loyalty, Truth

  Pat Summitt (1999). “Reach for the Summit”, p.48, Crown Business

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• Here's how I'm going to beat you. I'm going to outwork you. That's it. That's all there is to it.

  Pat Summitt

  Beats

  Pat Summitt (1999). “Reach for the Summit”, p.93, Crown Business

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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.

  Pat Summitt

  Basketball, Determination, Attitude

  Pat Summitt (1999). “Reach for the Summit”, p.135, Crown Business

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• It is what it is. But, it will be what you make it.

  Pat Summitt

  It Is What It Is

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• Attitude is a choice. Think positive thoughts daily. Believe in yourself.

  Pat Summitt

  Basketball, Attitude, Believe

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• You can't always be the most talented person in the room. But you can be the most competitive

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  Basketball, Nba, Rooms

  Pat Summitt (1999). “Reach for the Summit”, p.193, Crown Business

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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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  Eight, Games, Numbers

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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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  Running, Perseverance, Tired

  Pat Summitt (1999). “Reach for the Summit”, p.151, Crown Business

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• I remember every player-every single one-who wore the Tennessee orange, a shade that our rivals hate, a bold, aggravating color that you can usually find on a roadside crew, "or in a correctional institution," as my friend Wendy Larry jokes. But to us the color is a flag of pride, because it identifies us as Lady Vols and therefore as women of an unmistakable type. Fighters. I remember how many of them fought for a better life for themselves. I just met them halfway.

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  Hate, Pride, Player

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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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  Strong, Real, Weakness

  Pat Head Summitt, Sally Jenkins (2013). “Sum It Up: A Thousand and Ninety-Eight Victories, a Couple of Irrelevant Losses, and a Life in Perspective”, p.20, Crown Archetype

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• Discipline helps you finish a job, and finishing is what separates excellent work from average work.

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  Jobs, Average, Excellent Work

  Pat Summitt (1999). “Reach for the Summit”, p.193, Crown Business

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• There is always someone better than you. Whatever it is that you do for a living, chances are, you will run into a situation in which you are not as talented as the person next to you. That's when being a competitor can make a difference in your fortunes.

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  Running, Perseverance, Differences

  Pat Summitt (1999). “Reach for the Summit”, p.155, Crown Business

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• When you choose to be a competitor you choose to be a survivor. When you choose to compete, you make the conscious decision to find out what your real limits are, not just what you think they are.

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  Real, Thinking, Decision

  Pat Summitt (1999). “Reach for the Summit”, p.161, Crown Business

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• Teamwork is what makes common people capable of uncommon results.

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  Teamwork, People, Common

  Pat Summitt (1999). “Reach for the Summit”, p.125, Crown Business

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• Offense sells tickets, defense wins games, rebounding wins championships.

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  Basketball, Winning, Games

  Pat Head Summitt (1998). “Reach for the Summit: The Definite Dozen System for Succeeding at Whatever You Do”, Broadway

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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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  Basketball, Mistake, Nba

  Pat Summitt (1999). “Reach for the Summit”, p.192, Crown Business

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• Responsibility equals accountability equals ownership. And a sense of ownership is the most powerful weapon a team or organization can have.

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  Powerful, Team, Responsibility

  Pat Summitt (1999). “Reach for the Summit”, p.38, Crown Business

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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, Team Building, Cost

  Pat Summitt (1999). “Reach for the Summit”, p.131, Crown Business

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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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  Basketball, Attitude, Thinking

  Pat Summitt (1999). “Reach for the Summit”, p.136, Crown Business

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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.

  Pat Summitt

  Winning, Long, People

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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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  Responsibility, Successful, Want

  Pat Summitt (1999). “Reach for the Summit”, p.32, Crown Business

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• In the absence of feedback, people will fill in the blanks with a negative. They will assume you don’t care about them or don’t like them.

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  People, Negative, Care

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• Teamwork is really a form of trust. It's what happens when you surrender the mistaken idea that you can go it alone and realize that you won't achieve your individual goals without the support of your colleagues.

  Pat Summitt

  Basketball, Teamwork, Ideas

  Pat Summitt (1999). “Reach for the Summit”, p.124, Crown Business

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