Pat Summitt Quotes

I didn't really want to be the coach who wins but the coach who educates.

I've been following some of the coaches, trying to get a little bit more experience, because coaching is very different from being a player.

It's very special to be the coach of the best player in the world.

The coaches that I have have done an incredible job with me, obviously the stuff we work on on the court.

College kids want to be coached. They want to be taught. They might resist it a little bit early on, but the more you give, the more you get back.

I teach some of the guys stuff that I've learned.

Phil Neville has been great in terms of the pointers he has given me.

One of the biggest reasons I like coaching college ball is the kids. I feel I can impact players lives

I think that when I start a season, I speak with my players, and I always talk about education and respect. And I demand this, but I give this.

I think I have made it known that I definitely want to push my knowledge of pass rushing on to the younger players. Any shape, form or fashion that can be done, I am more than open to it.

During the day, I'm a business owner. I'm a teacher and a mentor.

I believe you have to take care of the kids from the youth team, the ones coming through, and people like Butragueno know how to do that.

I am grateful to Allan Donald for his guidance and subtle nuances that he taught me.

I got to know Peyton Manning when he was a high school junior and I was the offensive coordinator at Mississippi State.

If you want to work as a coach for longer term you need consistency, trust in the club and also the environment around the club.

Coach Godsey is a brilliant mind, a great teacher, and it's been fun learning from him so far.

The prospect of coaching two of the game's most exciting and decorated players in Sue Bird and Lauren Jackson was incredibly appealing to me, and I look forward to beginning this new chapter in my career.

In academe, we ought to temper our criticism of the idea of self-help because, in a more complex way, it is precisely what we offer our students through our teaching.

I believe in order to coach, you've got to start at the ground level. The same way I learned how to play basketball.

I'm especially thankful for being able to coach so many talented young men over my 18 years here. It has been so rewarding to see these players come to OU and mature over a four- or five-year career, and not just on the field. To play a small part in their growth is what I will always cherish the most.

I have been very fortunate to coach a lot of very good secondary players through the years.

I feel good about the four years I coached at St. John's. It's a special place to me. My kids go there. I met my wife there.

I am always open to the idea of helping young and aspiring cricketers.

You get different philosophies in coaching, usually depending on what position the coach himself played.

I am looking forward to sharing the knowledge I have accumulated as a player, coach and member of the working media with the students at the Cronkite School.