Patricia Susan Summitt was an American women’s college basketball head coach who accrued 1,098 career wins, the most in college basketball history upon her retirement. Profoundly inspirational Pat Summitt quotes will brighten up your day and make you feel ready to take on anything.
Famous Pat Summitt Quotes
A sense of ownership is the most powerful weapon a team or organization can have. Pat Summitt
Here’s how I’m going to beat you. I’m going to outwork you. That’s it. That’s all there is to it. Pat Summitt
Discipline is the only sure way I know to convince people to believe in themselves. Pat Summitt
The willingness to experiment with change may be the most essential ingredient to success at anything. Pat Summitt
Don’t worry about coaching women, just go home and coach basketball. Pat Summitt
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. Pat Summitt
Teamwork doesn’t come naturally. It must be taught. Pat Summitt
Here’s how I’m going to beat you. I’m going to outwork you. That’s it. That’s all there is to it. Reach For The Summit
I don’t give out compliments easily. Pat Summitt
If you don’t want responsibility, don’t sit in the big chair. Pat Summitt
The absolute heart of loyalty is to value those people who tell you the truth, not just those people who tell you what you want to hear. In fact, you should value them most. Because they have paid you the complement of leveling with you and assuming you can handle it. Reach For The Summit
When a player makes a mistake, you always want to put them back in quickly you don’t just berate them and sit them down with no chance of redemption. Pat Summitt.
Losing strengthens you. It reveals your weaknesses so you can fix them. Raise The Roof
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
Someday, I suppose I’ll give up, and sit in the rocking chair. But I’ll probably be rocking fast, because I don’t know what I’ll do without a job. Sum It Up
I think that a lot of people would perceive my style as being intimidating. Pat Summitt
Don’t just work hard, work smart
If I was renowned as a tough coach, I also wanted to be a caring one. Pat Summitt
Make winning an attitude
They don’t care how much you know unless they know how much you care. Pat Summitt
Sometimes, saying nothing can be just as powerful.
I’m interested to see where a combination of faith and science will take me. Pat Summitt
It’s important to learn to laugh at yourself.
There is an old saying: a champion is someone who is willing to be uncomfortable. Pat Summitt
Find your passion and never let go of it.
God doesn’t take things away to be cruel. He takes things away to make room for other things. Pat Summitt
Nobody cares how much you know until they know how much you care.
In the absence of feedback, people will fill in the blanks with a negative. Pat Summitt
I want to continue to help these young women be successful. Pat Summitt
When you grow up on a dairy farm, cows don’t take a day off. So you work every day and my dad always said, ‘No one can outwork you.
It depends on where you start from, and where you want to end up. Pat Summitt
Most people get excited about games, but I’ve got to be excited about practice, because that’s my classroom.
Most people get excited about games, but I’ve got to be excited about practice because that’s my classroom. Pat Summitt
They don’t care how much you know, unless they know how much you care.
I won 1,098 games, and eight national championships, and coached in four different decades. But what I see are not the numbers. I see their faces. Pat Summitt
You can’t always be the strongest or most talented or most gifted person in the room, but you can be the most competitive.
Success is a project that is always under construction. Pat Summitt
Discipline helps you finish a job, and finishing is what separates excellent work from average work.
Winning is fun Sure. But winning is not the point. Wanting to win is the point. Pat Summitt
Here’s how I’m going to beat you. I’m going to outwork you. That’s it. That’s all there is to it.
I remember every player who wore Tennessee orange, a shade that our rivals hate. Pat Summitt
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.
Here’s how I’m going to beat you. I’m going to outwork you. Pat Summitt
I think I can help others just by my example.
Players don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care. Pat Summitt
I’d wake up in the morning and I would think, ‘Where am I?’ I’d have to gather myself.
In facing weakness, you learn how much there is in you, and you find real strength. Pat Summitt
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.
It’s my experience that people rise to the level of their own expectations and of the competition they seek out. Pat Summitt
Success is a project that’s always under construction.
There is nothing wrong with having competitive instincts. They are survival instincts. Pat Summitt
Never leave things unfinished.
We do not win championships with girls. We win with competitors. Pat Summitt
We have to learn from every situation in life.
You will run into a situation in which you are not as talented as the person next to you. That’s when being a competitor can make a difference in your fortunes. Pat Summitt
You choose how to behave!
You can’t always be the most talented person in the room. But you can be the most competitive. Pat Summitt
Pat’s determination and strength were mirable.
I’d wake up in the morning and I would think, ‘Where am I?’ I’d have to gather myself. Pat Summitt
You never stop working on your success.
Have you ever walked along a shoreline, only to have your footprints washed away? That’s what Alzheimer’s is like. Pat Summitt
Summitt had found a way of implementing her competitiveness in her fight against Alzheimer’s disease.
Competition got me off the farm and trained me to seek out challenges and to endure setbacks; and in combination with my faith, it sustains me now in my fight with Alzheimer’s disease. Pat Summitt
This is a good policy to follow.
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
Once you reach a top position, you need to keep it.
I think I can help others just by my example. Pat Summitt
Always give people a feedback.
Too many people opt out and never discover their own abilities, because they fear failure. They don’t understand commitment. Pat Summitt
Our weaknesses make us stronger.
When a team takes ownership, good things happen. Pat Summitt
We all deserve a second chance!
No matter what the scoreboard reads or what the referee says, it doesn’t end when you come off the court. Pat Summitt
But things always get better and easier with time.
It is what it is. But, it will be what you make it. Pat Summitt
Always be competitive and try your best.
Quit? We keep score in life because it matters. It counts. Pat Summitt
When you’re afraid to live, you cannot succeed in anything.
Responsibility equals accountability equals ownership. Pat Summitt
Summit often gave her fans some facts about her in interviews and her books.
Nine tenths of discipline is having the patience to do things right. Pat Summitt
You have big responsibilities when you are in a high position.
The absolute heart of loyalty is to value those people who tell you the truth, not just those people who tell you what you want to hear. In fact, you should value them most. Because they have paid you the complement of leveling with you and assuming you can handle it. Pat Summitt
It’s hard to imagine our lives without a job or some activities to keep our mind engaged.
Our emphasis is on execution, not winning. Pat Summitt
You should learn who’s sincere to you and who’s not.
Change equals self improvement. Pat Summitt
If you never try, you never know your ability.
Offense sells tickets, defense wins games, rebounding wins championships. Pat Summitt
Your attitude will make influence on others’ attitudes to you.
We are born with certain inclinations, but sharing isn’t one of them. Pat Summitt
This is what being a leader means.
Losing forces you to reexamine. Pat Summitt
Such a truthful and powerful statement from all of the Pat Summitt quotes.
Sit up straight, listen and participate. Pat Summitt
A very heart warming explanation.
Attitude is a choice. Think positive thoughts daily. Believe in yourself. Pat Summitt
Success is a project that is always under construction.
Teamwork is really a form of trust. Pat Summitt.
Attitude is a choice. Think positive thoughts daily. Believe in yourself.
Hard work breeds self respect. Pat Summitt
Offense sells tickets, defense wins games and rebounding wins championships.
Push yourself to places you haven’t been before. Pat Summitt
If you don’t want responsibility, don’t sit in the big chair.
Winners are not born, they are self made. Pat Summitt
Don’t worry about coaching women, just go home and coach basketball’.
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. Pat Summitt
God doesn’t take things to be cruel, he takes things away to make room for other things.
It’s harder to stay on top than it is to make the climb. Continue to seek new goals. Pat Summitt
It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts the most.
