Top 135 Quotes & Sayings by Pat Summitt - Page 3

I think basketball has changed tremendously and for the better. I think that obviously the game is better. I think the skill of the players are better, the strength, the overall athleticism, the teamwork involved. I think coaching is better. We have more exposure for our game than ever. You know, our sport has grown significantly in really the last five years. It's pretty amazing.

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

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

I really felt like we had to have a go to player.

I've always put great emphasis on the academics and getting your degree. It's important because basketball is short term. The long term is what are you gonna do after college and after you no longer can bounce the ball.

I want to go to practice. I want to be in the huddles. That's me.

I am about helping each and every student athlete that selects to wear the orange, you know, be successful at Tennessee individually and as a team. That type of record is certainly not anything that I have aspirations to reach.

I learned so much from Sue about the Xs and Os of the game of basketball.

I haven't ever really had a goal to break that record or catch John Wooden.

I want to keep coaching as long as I can. I love teaching and working with student athletes and I love being at the University of Tennessee.

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

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

Actually, when I saw it in USA Today, I just, Candace Parker was, we were warming up in practice and she was underneath the basket shooting and I just said, 'Hey Candace! I enjoyed what I read in the paper today about your decision [to stay].' She just started laughing and I did too. So I haven't discussed it with her.

I mean, we're always trying to evaluate and tweak things and get better.