Pat Summitt Best Quotations

We feel like we get everybody's best shot because we're Tennessee, but we have to learn how to give everybody our best shot.

I think with the players who have been here, regardless of whether they've been in that No. 1 position, that's what we're always trying to be -- the best team.

We've built this fan base not on scheduling patsies. We've built it on bringing in the top opponents throughout the country from a lot of conferences and our fans deserve that. We also think that to be the best you have to play the best.

As a great long-range shooter, she has drawn the best defender, usually the most athletic, sometimes players with a lot of size. In essence, with her ability to shoot the ball the way she can, she has become a target for every team we play.

This one is a tough, tough bracket. But if you're going to win a national championship you are going to have to beat the best teams along the way. Sometimes you have to do that in a regional instead of a Final Four.

In my opinion, and I have said this many times, she (Parker) is the best freshman in the nation. There is no other freshman who can do all the things she does. I know there are some great shooters, but no one does what she does.

There are some coaches who believe you just let the best players get all the points they can and stop everybody else. Others limit the best player and make other people beat you. For us, we want to guard everybody. But we really want to make sure that we make it hard or at least difficult for that player to continually make the plays.

I hope we never see Rutgers again in a regional tournament. We've seen them so many times. It's tough to play against one of your best friends.

That's two of the best (players) that we've had in this league. Both made a lot of big plays.