Pat Summitt Quotes

• 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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• I'm interested to see where a combination of faith and science will take me.

  Pat Summitt

  Combination   Take Me  

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• There are some concrete ways to create a winning attitude. But nothing beats practicing it. When you prepare to win, belief comes easily.

  Pat Summitt

  Basketball   Attitude   Winning  

  Pat Summitt (1999). “Reach for the Summit”, p.139, Crown Business

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• If it doesn't bother you, it won't bother them.

  Pat Summitt

  Basketball   Coaching   Bother  

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• Put the Team Before Yourself.

  Pat Summitt

  Basketball   Team   Coaching  

  Pat Summitt (1999). “Reach for the Summit”, p.123, Crown Business

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• Sometimes you learn more from losing than winning. Losing forces you to reexamine.

  Pat Summitt

  Basketball   Winning   Coaching  

  Pat Summitt (1999). “Reach for the Summit”, p.194, Crown Business

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

  Pat Summitt

  Basketball   Attitude   Believe  

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• 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

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• 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

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• You're wondering what a bale of hay has to do with success. Well, there's a trick to loading hay. You have to use your knee. What you do is, you put your right knee behind it and half kick it up in the air. That way you get some lift on it. ... My point is, there are certain ways to make a hard job easier.

  Pat Summitt

  Jobs   Air   Hay  

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• See yourself as self employed.

  Pat Summitt

  Self   Employed  

  Pat Summitt (1999). “Reach for the Summit”, p.103, Crown Business

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• If I'm not leading by example, then I'm not doing the right thing. And I want to always do the right thing.

  Pat Summitt

  Example   Want   Ifs  

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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.

  Pat Summitt

  Real   Thinking   Decision  

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

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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.

  Pat Summitt

  Inspirational   Goal   Important  

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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.

  Pat Summitt

  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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• 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.

  Pat Summitt

  Running   Perseverance   Tired  

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

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• 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.

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• There is nothing wrong with having competitive instincts. They are survival instincts.

  Pat Summitt

  Survival   Instinct   Survival Instinct  

  Pat Summitt (1999). “Reach for the Summit”, p.194, Crown Business

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• I think I can help others just by my example.

  Pat Summitt

  Helping Others   Thinking   Example  

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• She taught me that it's ok to let down your guard and allow your players to get to know you. They don't care how much you know until they know how much you care.

  Pat Summitt

  Player   Care   Taught  

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• We do not win championships with girls. We win with competitors

  Pat Summitt

  Girl   Volleyball   Winning  

  Pat Summitt (2012). “Raise the Roof”, p.15, Three Rivers Press

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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.

  Pat Summitt

  Sports   Responsibility   Care  

  Pat Summitt (1999). “Reach for the Summit”, p.35, Crown Business

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

  Pat Summitt

  Player   Felt  

  Source: www.cyinterview.com

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• 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.

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• Make Winning an Attitude.

  Pat Summitt

  Attitude   Winning  

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

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• 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

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• 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

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• The ultimate goal of discipline is to teach self discipline.

  Pat Summitt

  Basketball   Self   Discipline  

  Pat Summitt (1999). “Reach for the Summit”, p.75, Crown Business

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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

  Team   Athlete   Successful  

  Source: www.cyinterview.com

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• Group discipline produces a unified effort toward a common goal.

  Pat Summitt

  Discipline   Goal   Effort  

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

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