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
It's been amazing this year. We've had fans everywhere we've been on the road.
It'll be interesting to see how we respond after a tough loss.
I'm not concerned about her shooting. I'm more concerned about her getting other people shots, and she's been doing that in practice, left-handed. ... I don't know if she can shoot a BB in the ocean, but I know she can make you guard her.
I didn't hesitate to put her in. I just thought we were slow, we needed to be in the attack mode and she put us in it right away.
I think we're a better basketball team now than when we played them. I feel good that we can go inside against them.
I think with the players who have been here, regardless of whether they've been in that No. 1 position, that's what we're always trying to be -- the best team.
I mean, we're always trying to evaluate and tweak things and get better.
I hope we never see Rutgers again in a regional tournament. We've seen them so many times. It's tough to play against one of your best friends.
I hate to sound this way but, 'Why me? Why me with dementia?'
I think the most important thing I thought is, I thought about recruiting and what we need in recruiting.
We have a chance to learn volumes from this. I've said before, this is a talented, but young, team. Hopefully we can learn from this. It's a long season, and I have to believe these players will respond.
That's two of the best (players) that we've had in this league. Both made a lot of big plays.
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.
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.