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
If you don't want responsibility, don't sit in the big chair. To be successful, you must accept full responsibility
To me, teamwork is a lot like being part of a family. It comes with obligations, entanglements, headaches, and quarrels. But the rewards are worth the cost.
My parents taught me a long time ago that you win in life with people, and that's important, because if you hang with winners, you stand a great chance of being a winner.
Attitude is a choice. What you think you can do, whether positive or negative, confident or scared, will most likely happen.
Offense sells tickets, defense wins games, rebounding wins championships.
Responsibility equals accountability equals ownership. And a sense of ownership is the most powerful weapon a team or organization can have.
Admit to and make yourself accountable for mistakes. How can you improve if you're never wrong?
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.
You can't always be the most talented person in the room. But you can be the most competitive
Attitude is a choice. Think positive thoughts daily. Believe in yourself.
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.
It is what it is. But, it will be what you make it.
Attitude lies somewhere between emotion and logic. It's that curious mix of optimism and determination that enables you to maintain a positive outlook and to continue plodding in the face of the most adverse circumstances.
Here's how I'm going to beat you. I'm going to outwork you. That's it. That's all there is to it.