Pat Summitt Thinking Quotations

I think the most important thing I thought is, I thought about recruiting and what we need in recruiting.

I think helped our players in terms of being able to fight through some adversity along the way.

I never ask Candace Parker if she was thinking about leaving because I never had any reason to believe she would. I just kept the focus on the team and on Candace and the role she played for us.

I think sometimes for me that sounds like almost being selfish. I am not about personal records.

I just think they were just a team that really enjoyed the process and allowed our coaching staff to enjoy the process.

I think that it was a great feeling and probably a little bit more special because of the length of time that had passed before we won, but I think more importantly, it was just a great feeling because this team had such strong leadership and they had great chemistry.

I think I can help others just by my example.

I'd wake up in the morning and I would think, 'Where am I?' I'd have to gather myself,

I didn't say a lot. I didn't throw anything. That's not my style. I did think about it though.

She responded maybe even better than I had anticipated. I thought it was important for her to get some quality minutes and as things played out, I wanted to give her more. I had gone in thinking maybe 12 minutes, and she played 17 minutes.

I think you can challenge people, but you don't want to break people down. But you've got to sometimes just pull them aside and say, you know, you're OK but you could be better.

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.

Attitude is a choice. What you think you can do, whether positive or negative, confident or scared, will most likely happen.

When you choose to be a competitor you choose to be a survivor. When you choose to compete, you make the conscious decision to find out what your real limits are, not just what you think they are.

Attitude is a choice. Think positive thoughts daily. Believe in yourself.