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Pat Summitt, born on June 14, 1952, was a renowned basketball coach in the United States. She served as the head coach of the University of Tennessee Lady Vols women's basketball team, leading the team to win 11 national championships, making her one of the most successful women's basketball coaches in NCAA history. Summitt's influence in the basketball world was profound, and her coaching style and leadership were highly praised.

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Famous Pat Summitt Quotes

“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.”

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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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Book:Reach for the Summit

Source: Reach for the Summit

“A competitor continually sets new goals. He feels the need to keep raising the bar. If the fist goal is to make the team, and he achieves it, he immediately resets the goal to: I want to be a starter.”

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Book:Reach for the Summit

Source: Reach for the Summit

“Winners are not born, they are self-made.”

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Book:Reach for the Summit

Source: Reach for the Summit

“The willingness to experiment with change may be the most essential ingredient to success at anything.”

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Book:Reach for the Summit: The Definite Dozen System for Succeeding at Whatever You Do

Source: Reach for the Summit: The Definite Dozen System for Succeeding at Whatever You Do

“Success is a project that's always under construction.”

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Book:Reach for the Summit

Source: Reach for the Summit

“Success lulls you. It makes the most ambitious of us complacent and sloppy. In a way, you have to cultivate a kind of amnesia and forget all of your previous prosperity.”

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Book:Reach for the Summit: The Definite Dozen System for Succeeding at Whatever You Do

Source: Reach for the Summit: The Definite Dozen System for Succeeding at Whatever You Do

“Success is all a matter of perspective. It depends on where you start from, and where you want to end up.”

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Book:Reach for the Summit

Source: Reach for the Summit

“Nine-tenths of discipline is having the patience to do things right.”

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Book:Reach for the Summit

Source: Reach for the Summit

“I have a love-hate relationship with losing. I hate how it makes me feel, which is basically sick. But I love what it brings out.”

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Book:Reach for the Summit

Source: Reach for the Summit

“Most people get excited about games, but I've got to be excited about practice, because that's my classroom.”

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Author:Pat Summitt

“The person, the student, the athlete, all are considered equal.”

Persons Sports Leadership Students Equal Athlete

Author:Pat Summitt

About the Author

Born: June 14, 1952
Died: June 28, 2016
Known for: Basketball Coach
Quotes: 120

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