Sometimes I'm more stubborn than I am smart. Pat Summitt More Quotes by Pat Summitt More Quotes From Pat Summitt The game is never over. No matter what the scoreboard reads or what the referee says, it doesn't end when you come off the court. Pat Summitt end game you matter I don't want to sit around the house. I want to be out there. I want to go to practice. I want to be in the huddles. That's me. Pat Summitt go me practice house I'm not a good loser. I get sick physically... I take it to heart. I hate it. Pat Summitt good sick hate heart I remember standing on a medal podium at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, imbued with a sense that if you won enough basketball games, there was no such thing as poor, backward, country, female, or inferior. Pat Summitt you poor remember country We keep score in life because it matters. It counts. It matters. Too many people opt out and never discover their own abilities because they fear failure. They don't understand commitment. Pat Summitt failure fear life people When you learn to keep fighting in the face of potential failure, it gives you a larger skill set to do what you want to do in life. It gives you vision. But you can't acquire it if you're afraid of keeping score. Pat Summitt face you failure life Sometimes I draw blanks. Pat Summitt blanks draw sometimes I lost my confidence. Pat Summitt confidence lost I can remember trying to coach, trying to figure out schemes, and it just wasn't coming to me. Pat Summitt me i-can remember trying I think that a lot of people would perceive my style as being intimidating. And although I don't want to intimidate kids, I am very demanding. Pat Summitt i-am think style people I remember teaching a clinic to other coaches, and a guy raised his hand and asked if I had any advice when it came to coaching women. I leveled him with a death-ray stare, and said, 'Go home and coach basketball.' Pat Summitt women home advice remember In my case, symptoms began to appear when I was only 57. In fact, the doctors believe early-onset Alzheimer's has a strong genetic predictor, and that it may have been progressing for some years before I was diagnosed. Pat Summitt only some strong believe I was like, 'I don't know if I could be an Olympian...' But my dad really influenced me to stay and be in the Olympics. Pat Summitt stay know me dad
