In my case, symptoms began to appear when I was only 57. In fact, the doctors believe early-onset Alzheimer’s has a strong genetic predictor, and that it may have been progressing for some years before I was diagnosed. Pat Summitt Read Quote
Coaching is the great passion of my life, and the job to me has always been an opportunity to work with our student athletes and help them discover what they want. Pat Summitt Read Quote
When you grow up on a dairy farm, cows don’t take a day off. So you work every day and my dad always said, ‘No one can outwork you.’ Pat Summitt Read Quote
I’d wake up in the morning and I would think, ‘Where am I?’ I’d have to gather myself. Pat Summitt Read Quote
When you learn to keep fighting in the face of potential failure, it gives you a larger skill set to do what you want to do in life. It gives you vision. But you can’t acquire it if you’re afraid of keeping score. Pat Summitt Read Quote
Competition got me off the farm and trained me to seek out challenges and to endure setbacks; and in combination with my faith, it sustains me now in my fight with Alzheimer’s disease. Pat Summitt Read Quote
Most people get excited about games, but I’ve got to be excited about practice, because that’s my classroom. Pat Summitt Read Quote
We keep score in life because it matters. It counts. It matters. Too many people opt out and never discover their own abilities because they fear failure. They don’t understand commitment. Pat Summitt Read Quote
I think that a lot of people would perceive my style as being intimidating. And although I don’t want to intimidate kids, I am very demanding. Pat Summitt Read Quote
