Success is a project that's always under construction. Pat Summitt More Quotes by Pat Summitt More Quotes From Pat Summitt Attitude is a choice. What you think you can do, whether positive or negative, confident or scared, will most likely happen. Pat Summitt basketballattitudethinking My parents taught me a long time ago that you win in life with people, and that's important, because if you hang with winners, you stand a great chance of being a winner. Pat Summitt winninglongpeople If you don't want responsibility, don't sit in the big chair. To be successful, you must accept full responsibility Pat Summitt successfulresponsibilitywant In the absence of feedback, people will fill in the blanks with a negative. They will assume you don’t care about them or don’t like them. Pat Summitt carepeoplenegative 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 Summitt taughtcareplayer Class is more important than a game. Pat Summitt importantgamesclass 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. Pat Summitt basketballteamworkideas If I'm not leading by example, then I'm not doing the right thing. And I want to always do the right thing. Pat Summitt exampleifswant The willingness to experiment with change may be the most essential ingredient to success at anything. Pat Summitt essentialsmaysports Discipline yourself, so no one else has to. Pat Summitt discipline Anyone can quit, but it takes a strong, committed person not to quit when times are tough. Pat Summitt quittingtoughstrong You're wondering what a bale of hay has to do with success. Well, there's a trick to loading hay. You have to use your knee. What you do is, you put your right knee behind it and half kick it up in the air. That way you get some lift on it. ... My point is, there are certain ways to make a hard job easier. Pat Summitt hayairjobs Change equals self improvement. Push yourself to places you haven't been before. Pat Summitt improvementselfhavens Individual success is a myth. No one succeeds all by herself. Pat Summitt individual-successindividualsucceed There is an old saying: a champion is someone who is willing to be uncomfortable. Pat Summitt old-sayinguncomfortablechampion Sometimes you learn more from losing than winning. Losing forces you to reexamine. Pat Summitt coachingbasketballwinning Success is all a matter of perspective. It depends on where you start from, and where you want to end up. Pat Summitt perspectivewantsports It's harder to stay on top than it is to make the climb, Continue to seek new goals. Pat Summitt climbshardergoal I 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 basketballteachingteacher You can't pick and choose the days that you feel like being responsible. It's not something that disappears when you're tired. Pat Summitt responsibletiredbasketball
