Pat Summitt
Pat Summitt
Patricia Sue "Pat" Summittwas an American college basketball head coach whose 1,098 career wins are the most in NCAA basketball history. She served as the head coach of the University of Tennessee Lady Vols basketball team from 1974 to 2012, before retiring at age 59 because of a diagnosis of early-onset Alzheimer's disease. She won eight NCAA championships, a number surpassed only by the 10 titles won by UCLA men's coach John Wooden and the 11 titles won by UConn...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth14 June 1952
CityClarksville, TN
CountryUnited States of America
We communicate all the time, even when we don't realize it. Be aware of body language
You can't have any quit in you if you want to be successful.
If I was renowned as as tough coach, I also wanted to be a caring one
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.
I want to continue to do is to help these young women be successful. .. You don't just say goodbye at the end of their playing careers and end it there.
Teamwork does not come naturally. Let's face it. We are born with certain inclinations, but sharing isn't one of them.
Group discipline produces a unified effort toward a common goal.
If I aint happy, nobody's happy.
If you want to be in the game you better shoot 75% from the line.
I'm interested to see where a combination of faith and science will take me.
Nine-tenths of discipline is having the patience to do things right.
Losing strengthens you. It reveals your weaknesses so you can fix them
If it doesn't bother you, it won't bother them.
Know your strengths, weaknesses, and needs.