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“My short-term factual memory can be like water; events are a brief disturbance on the surface and then it closes back up again, as if nothing ever touched it. But it’s a strange fact that my long-term memory remains strong, perhaps because it recorded events when my mind was unaffected. My emotional memory is intact too, perhaps because feelings are recorded and stored in a different place than facts. The things that happened deeper in the past, and deeper in the breast, are still there for me, under the water. 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. 'Pat should get a tattoo!' The kids laughed. 'What kind should she get?' 'A heart. She should get a heart.' Little did they know. They are the tattoos.”

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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. more

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