Pat Summitt Quotes

If I'm not leading by example, then I'm not doing the right thing. And I want to always do the right thing.

By doing things when you are too tired, by pushing yourself farther than you thought you could - like running the track after a two-hour practice - you become a competitor. Each time you go beyond your perceived limit, you become mentally stronger.

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.

Our emphasis is on execution, not winning.

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.

If you want to be in the game you better shoot 75% from the line.

I think the only thing that I really thought about, I am always every year thinking about how I can get better, how my stuff can get better, how our team can improve.

If it doesn't bother you, it won't bother them.

You spend more of the game preparing to win in the final seconds. And that is what separates winners from losers.

If I aint happy, nobody's happy.

Teamwork is really a form of trust. It's what happens when you surrender the mistaken idea that you can go it alone and realize that you won't achieve your individual goals without the support of your colleagues.