Pat Summitt Quotes

I've been in basketball a long time, and nobody is more of a competitor than I am.

I'm pretty athletic and I play basketball a lot.

The NBA is intense, but the NFL is a whole 'nother level of intensity and dramatic, game-changing plays.

We're always ready for a pick-up game. I walk through the park on the way home every day and just think to myself, 'I'll take on any of these kids.'

I think I play well getting up and down the court.

I put out on Twitter that the only thing I terrorize is the rim. People know me, my teammates know me, everybody knows me.

I love NBA. I enjoy it, and I also really love the dominance that LeBron James brings to the court.

I am really competitive. I take my basketball very seriously, even though I'm not really that good. I take it very seriously.

It's like when someone dunks... and they scream. It's all part of the game.

My favorite part about playing basketball is a chance to play with other people, be in that team atmosphere and have a chance to compete and win every day.

I pride myself on playing just about every position on the court.

Basketball is a pretty simple game. What wins is consistency and competitiveness.

The thing I love about the NBA game is that it's a playmaker's league.

"You ready to play?" Dave asked, bouncing it. "I don't know," I said. "Are you going to cheat?" "It's street ball!" He said checking it to me. "Show me that love." So chessy, i thought. But as i felt it, solid against my hands, i did feel something. I wasn't sure it was love. Maybe what remained of it, though, whatever that might be. "All right," I said. "Let's play."

Since I first started playing basketball, I have just loved it, and nothing has ever made me lose that love.

I continually stress to my players that all I expect from them at practice and in the games is their maximum effort.

Basketball came to me and for some reason it gave me an opportunity to live a life that I didn't dream possible. But it did let me live my dreams.

Basketball has brought me a lot of joy, brought me a lot of good things. Just that side of it has really affected me.

I don't worry about playing basketball; that comes natural. I just want to have fun. David Robinson, Patrick Ewing, Michael Jordan: this is like spring break in the ghetto.

Flash, take the game off. I'll go out and do the work.

Basketball isn't just a sport. It is an art, one that must be mastered to succeed.

Basketball. I love it. I can't believe these giants move like kids. They are so flexible.

I learned all about life with a ball at my feet

Basketball was always something I felt I could dominate, something I could control.

The greatest feeling in the world is to win a major league game. The second-greatest feeling is to lose a major league game.