Pat Summitt Quotes

As a decathlete, you take pride in saying, 'The elements, I'm not going to let them affect me. It's just the 11th event. Another thing you have to fight through.'

I may not be the most physical player, that's not my nature. But I am a competitor and I play as hard as I can.

We all love challenges.

A man of spirit must not think of the word difficulty as so much as existing. Away with it!

I mean, I think everyone at this level has a chip on their shoulder. Everyone's got a story. Everyone has had to go through some adversity to get to where they are at so, I guess, we all do.

The impossible becomes possible when your back is against the wall

If you are willing to do only what's easy, life will be hard. But if you are willing to do what's hard, life will be easy.

I just bring the determination to win.

The greatest thing for me football-wise is that it's a test of will.

Do every day or two something for no other reason than its difficulty.

I train so hard to make sure failure doesn't happen. If I do everything I can, and run as fast as I possibly can and someone still beats me, I don't think of that as failure.

I like when things are hard; I'm very competitive. If something seems difficult or impossible, it interests me.

Champions are not the ones who always win races - champions are the ones who get out there and try. And try harder the next time. And even harder the next time. 'Champion' is a state of mind. They are devoted. They compete to best themselves as much if not more than they compete to best others. Champions are not just athletes.

I know that I'm going to have to work hard, keep working hard, and not because of this victory think, 'I'm back.' I don't think like that. I'll definitely work hard. Things are not going to be easy. I might lose first round next week. You never know.

Do what is beyond your strength even should you fail sometimes.

For me, I grew up doing kiteboarding where no girls are doing it, and you had to prove yourself. You just had to know that you could do it, too. It's the mentality you had to have to make it. I work hard like anyone else.

When people tell me I can't do something, that's what excites me. It makes me perform better.

I can't be casual about losing. I always think I have a chance to win until winning is absolutely impossible.

So you've got to test the envelope, find out what are your abilities and if you falter, pick yourself up and test it again. Otherwise, what is it all about, you know?

People throw in the towel because they don't know how to fight. You'd be surprised how much fight you have in you if you just do it.

Some games don't go the way you want them to go, but you still have to find a way to win.

I've carried my chip with me my entire career. I've had to fight and claw for every position I've had. I sat on the bench as a junior in high school, I had to compete my senior year in high school to get the job. I competed again at Vanderbilt before having success.

I think I've always enjoyed a challenge and I like being pushed and I like being stretched to the absolute limit. I think a lot of actors are like this.

I struggle with my training sometimes. The thing I look at is if you keep getting up and moving forward, you'll be successful. That's the way I've lived my life. I'm not going to stop doing something because somebody says it's time. I'm going to stop it when my body says it's over or the fans say, 'we're done watching you.'

Making the transition from softball to bobsleigh was difficult, but my family and friends believed in me when no one else would.