Essay On Pat Summitt's Legacy
Pat Summitt’s Legacy Have you ever met the best coach in NCAA basketball? Do you even know who she is? “I'm someone who will push you beyond all reasonable limits. Someone who will ask you not to just fulfill your potential but to exceed it. Someone who will expect more from you than you may believe you are capable of.” Pat Summitt was the best of the best. Many girls played for her and many girls came out a new person. She was not only a coach to them but a mom, best friend, and mentor (Reader).
Pat was pushed hard her entire life. From growing up with 3 rough brothers, she was a strong lady. You get why she pushes hard because she was always taught to work hard and not to leave till the work was done. Her father, Richard Head, was a severe man who whipped his children when they broke any of his rules. "While I loved and respected my father, I also feared him,” Pat said.
Always after a long hard day of work, her and her brothers would go in the barn and play basketball. Since Pat was younger than her siblings she did not always win. She always tried her hardest. When Pat became a teenager, she could beat her brothers easily. They did not know what hit them (Reach for the Summitt 24-29). Pat coached at the University of Tennessee for 38 years. She would probably still be coaching today, but she discovered she had Alzheimer's. Summitt said, "I've loved being the head coach at Tennessee for 38 years, but I recognize that …show more content…
Reach For The Summitt. First ed. New York:
Broadway, 1998. Print.
Summitt, Pat, and Sally Jenkins. Sum It Up. First ed. New York: Crown Archetype,
2013. Print.
Macur, Juliet. "In Pat Summitt, a Toughness Greater Than Invincibility." The New York
Times. The New York Times, 28 June 2016. Web. 21 Mar. 2017.
Press, Steve Megargee | Associated. "Women's Basketball: Tennessee Not Alone This
Season in Honoring Pat Summitt." NCAA.com. N.p., 15 Jan. 2017. Web. 21 Mar.
Pat was pushed hard her entire life. From growing up with 3 rough brothers, she was a strong lady. You get why she pushes hard because she was always taught to work hard and not to leave till the work was done. Her father, Richard Head, was a severe man who whipped his children when they broke any of his rules. "While I loved and respected my father, I also feared him,” Pat said.
Always after a long hard day of work, her and her brothers would go in the barn and play basketball. Since Pat was younger than her siblings she did not always win. She always tried her hardest. When Pat became a teenager, she could beat her brothers easily. They did not know what hit them (Reach for the Summitt 24-29). Pat coached at the University of Tennessee for 38 years. She would probably still be coaching today, but she discovered she had Alzheimer's. Summitt said, "I've loved being the head coach at Tennessee for 38 years, but I recognize that …show more content…
Reach For The Summitt. First ed. New York:
Broadway, 1998. Print.
Summitt, Pat, and Sally Jenkins. Sum It Up. First ed. New York: Crown Archetype,
2013. Print.
Macur, Juliet. "In Pat Summitt, a Toughness Greater Than Invincibility." The New York
Times. The New York Times, 28 June 2016. Web. 21 Mar. 2017.
Press, Steve Megargee | Associated. "Women's Basketball: Tennessee Not Alone This
Season in Honoring Pat Summitt." NCAA.com. N.p., 15 Jan. 2017. Web. 21 Mar.