Latest Pat Summitt Quotes from Interviews

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• I think basketball has changed tremendously and for the better. I think that obviously the game is better. I think the skill of the players are better, the strength, the overall athleticism, the teamwork involved. I think coaching is better. We have more exposure for our game than ever. You know, our sport has grown significantly in really the last five years. It's pretty amazing.

  Pat Summitt

  Basketball, Sports, Teamwork

  Source: www.cyinterview.com

• A lot of kids just want to go play basketball, but they don't know to play and they don't have the skills to play. I think just the skill development right off and then play all you can, but don't sacrifice your skill development by just playing and not working on the specifics of the game.

  Pat Summitt

  Basketball, Kids, Sacrifice

  Source: www.cyinterview.com

• I've always put great emphasis on the academics and getting your degree. It's important because basketball is short term. The long term is what are you gonna do after college and after you no longer can bounce the ball.

  Pat Summitt

  Basketball, College, Long

  Source: www.cyinterview.com

• 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.

  Pat Summitt

  Basketball, Teacher, Teaching

  Source: www.cyinterview.com

• 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.

  Pat Summitt

  Basketball, Fashion, Mean

  Source: www.cyinterview.com

• 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

  Team, Athlete, Successful

  Source: www.cyinterview.com

• 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

  Teaching, Athlete, Love Is

  Source: www.cyinterview.com

• I think sometimes for me that sounds like almost being selfish. I am not about personal records.

  Pat Summitt

  Selfish, Thinking, Sound

  Source: www.cyinterview.com

• I haven't ever really had a goal to break that record or catch John Wooden.

  Pat Summitt

  Goal, Records, Break

  Source: www.cyinterview.com

• 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.

  Pat Summitt

  Practice, Usa, Laughing

  Source: www.cyinterview.com

• There is not that many players that really can take over games, signed Candace Parker, I really felt like at that time that a National Championship was certainly in reach.

  Pat Summitt

  Player, Games, Championship

  Source: www.cyinterview.com

• 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.

  Pat Summitt

  Team, Believe, Thinking

  Source: www.cyinterview.com

• I think the most important thing I thought is, I thought about recruiting and what we need in recruiting.

  Pat Summitt

  Thinking, Important, Needs

  Source: www.cyinterview.com

• I really felt like we had to have a go to player.

  Pat Summitt

  Player, Felt

  Source: www.cyinterview.com

• I mean, we're always trying to evaluate and tweak things and get better.

  Pat Summitt

  Mean, Always Trying, Get Better

  Source: www.cyinterview.com

• I just think they were just a team that really enjoyed the process and allowed our coaching staff to enjoy the process.

  Pat Summitt

  Team, Thinking, Coaching

  Source: www.cyinterview.com

• I think the only thing that I really thought about, I am always every year thinking about how I can get better, how my stuff can get better, how our team can improve.

  Pat Summitt

  Team, Thinking, Years

  Source: www.cyinterview.com

• I think that it was a great feeling and probably a little bit more special because of the length of time that had passed before we won, but I think more importantly, it was just a great feeling because this team had such strong leadership and they had great chemistry.

  Pat Summitt

  Strong, Team, Thinking

  Source: www.cyinterview.com

• I think helped our players in terms of being able to fight through some adversity along the way.

  Pat Summitt

  Adversity, Fighting, Thinking

  Source: www.cyinterview.com

• Anyone can quit, but it takes a strong, committed person not to quit when times are tough.

  Pat Summitt

  Strong, Tough, Quitting

  "Legendary Tennessee Basketball Coach Pat Summitt Dies At 64". "Morning Edition" with David Greene, wyso.org. June 28, 2016.

• You can't have any quit in you if you want to be successful.

  Pat Summitt

  Successful, Want, Quitting

  "Legendary Tennessee Basketball Coach Pat Summitt Dies At 64". "Morning Edition" with David Greene, wprl.org. June 28, 2016.

• I think you can challenge people, but you don't want to break people down. But you've got to sometimes just pull them aside and say, you know, you're OK but you could be better.

  Pat Summitt

  Thinking, People, Challenges

  "Legendary Tennessee Basketball Coach Pat Summitt Dies At 64". "Weekend Edition Saturday" with Matt Powell, www.npr.org. July 2, 2016.