She taught me that it's ok to let down your guard and allow your players to get to know you. They don't care how much you know until they know how much you care.
Pat SummittMost people get excited about games, but I've got to be excited about practice, because that's my classroom.
Pat SummittAttitude 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.
Pat SummittI 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.
Pat SummittI remember every player-every single one-who wore the Tennessee orange, a shade that our rivals hate, a bold, aggravating color that you can usually find on a roadside crew, "or in a correctional institution," as my friend Wendy Larry jokes. But to us the color is a flag of pride, because it identifies us as Lady Vols and therefore as women of an unmistakable type. Fighters. I remember how many of them fought for a better life for themselves. I just met them halfway.
Pat Summitt