Admit to and make yourself accountable for mistakes. How can you improve if you're never wrong?
Pat SummittA 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.
Pat SummittThe best way to handle responsibility is to break it down into smaller parts. Take care of one small thing at a time.
Pat SummittThere are some concrete ways to create a winning attitude. But nothing beats practicing it. When you prepare to win, belief comes easily.
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 love teaching I think more than anything. It's the opportunity to just teach young people and teach the game. You teach more than basketball. You teach life skills. The teaching part of it is something that I am passionate about. I look forward to every practice. A lot of people say well, I enjoy coaching, but I see myself as more as a teacher.
Pat Summitt