Pat summitt and sally jenkins, authors of sum it up pat summitt grew up on a rural farm and went on to a stellar career in basketball. Pat summitt reflects on relationship with geno auriemma in. I had chance to catch up with pat at her home in knoxville to talk about her new boom, summing up an incredible life. One of summitts favorite things to say is you win in life with people. Pat summitt is the head coach emeritus of the lady vols at the university of tennessee, where, health permitting, she still attends practice, recruits players, and advises students. Sum it up, by pat summitt with sally jenkins the new york times. In pat summitt, a toughness greater than invincibility tennessee coach pat summitt during the n. Pat summitt sum it up excerpt pat summitt alzheimers. Last year, at age 59, legendary womens basketball coach pat summitt stepped away from the job shed held since she was 22 years old because of earlyonset alzheimers. She led the university of tennessee womens basketball team to a record. Pat summitt was part of a generation of female college athletes who scratched a foothold in sports. The forget me not 5k for alzheimers benefiting the pat summitt foundation is a fun fast loop at our new location at turkey creek shopping complex in farragut, tennessee.
Pat summitt was only 21 when she became head coach of the tennessee vols womens. I bought sum it up as soon as it came out and all i can say is ifyou are looking for an inspiring read, this is it. In sum it up, pat summitt, bestselling author of reach for the summitt and raise the roof, tells her story. Pat summitt, the alltime winningest coach in ncaa basketball history and. Pat summitt was only 21 when she became head coach of the tennessee vols womens basketball team. Pat summitt, the alltime winningest coach in ncaa basketball history an. A thousand and ninetyeight victories, a couple of irrelevant losses, and a life in perspective, p. Pat summitt was born patricia susan summit, on june 14, 1952, in clarksville, tennessee, to richard summitt and hazel albright head. You guys are everything the game should be, summitt recounted telling the huskies in her 20 book, sum it up. The most gripping parts of the book are closeups of summitts trying moments on the sidelines, as she willed one group of tricky players after.
Pat summit is the legendary head coach of the womens basketball team, lady vols at the university of tennessee. Reach for the summitt, which is part motivational book and part biography. Pat summitt opens up about alzheimers diagnosis duration. A thousand and ninetyeight victories, a couple of irrelevant losses. The single ingredient in leadership, according to legendary coach pat summitt. Discount prices on books by pat summitt, including titles like sum it up. Blood test could detect alzheimers up to 16 years before symptoms begin, study says. For 38 years, she has broken records, winning more games than any ncaa team. Summitt has been thought of as a womens rights leader, role model, and an alltime great basketball coach.
My low rating of sum it up has nothing to do with the basketball portion of. She has led womens basketball over the last three decades. Womens basketball true stories about inspiring people told and written by pat summitt pat explains her carrier as a college basketball coach pat was diagnosed with alzheimer. To complete this booksharing activity, students write chapter titles and brief chapter summaries to. Find a cure for alzheimers the pat summitt foundation. Now, in this groundbreaking motivational book, pat summitt presents her formula for success, which she calls the definite dozen system. Pat summitt was one of the best coaches ever, and one of the most enduring. Pat summits offcourt battle with alzheimers youtube. The following excerpt from summitt s memoir, sum it up, written with washington post columnist sally jenkins, is a look at those frontier days. She grew up in a huge family with four siblingsthree brothers and.
Written by pat head summitt, sally jenkins, audiobook narrated by sally jenkins. She led the university of tennessee womens basketball team to a record 1,098 victories during her reign from 1974 to. Sum it up, by pat summitt with sally jenkins the new. No one has coached the game any better than pat summitt. The ncaas winningest basketball coach opens up about private and public contests that have defined her. A thousand and ninetyeight victories, a couple of irrelevant. Summitt addressed her contentious relationship with auriemma in her 20 book sum it up.
Pat summitts wins and victories and championships and graduation rate are her legacy and are the summary of a superlative life well. In late spring 2011, doctors diagnosed summit with early onset alzheimers disease. Thats what one takes away from the parts of the book that mention. From sum it up, pat summits new book written with sally jenkins yes, it was a complicated relationship through the years. Sum it up is the memoir of tennessee lady vol coach pat summitt, who recently lost her battle with alzheimers. Written as she faces perhaps her greatest challenge yet, sum it up is a rousing memoir of resilience. Her coauthor sally jenkins has a great gift for bringing out interesting details that provide the story behind the story. While the title of summitts latest work reach for the summit, 1998, etc. About sum it up pat summitt, the alltime winningest coach in ncaa basketball history and bestselling author of reach for the summitt and raise the roof, tells for the first time her remarkable story of victory and resilience as well as facing down her greatest challenge. Pat summitt books list of books by author pat summitt. On making mistakes when a player makes a mistake, you always want to put them back in quicklyyou dont just berate them and sit them down with no chance for redemption. Pat summit was the sum total of what a coach and mentor should be. Pat summit on offcourt battle with alzheimers disease. Excerpt from sum it up by pat summitt the crown publishing group.
Sally jenkins has worked with pat to produce a truly inspiring book that will. Sum it up by pat summitt the crown publishing group. Her drive and tenacity paved the way for others in womens basketball and she has the second most womens ncaa division i titles. Rush by stephen fried she wants it to shake the sleeping self founding martyr astroball more in. In sum it up, pat summitt, bestselling author of reach for the summitt and raise the roof, tells her story for the first time and what its like facing down her greatest challenge. Pat summitt, american collegiate womens basketball coach at the university of tennessee 19742012 who led the squad to eight national collegiate athletic association ncaa championships 1987, 1989, 1991, 199698, and 200708 and compiled more wins 1,098 than any other division i college. June 28 th 2016 marked the passing of the winningest womens basketball head coach in ncaa division i history, pat summitt. He takes things away to make room for other things. Get this book free when you sign up for a 30day trial. Geno auriemma, uconn, pat summitt and tennessee a timeline. Pat summitt is a name synonymous with winning, fighting and. Signin to download and listen to this audiobook today. Sum it up audiobook by pat head summitt, sally jenkins.
I purchased this book to learn how pat summitt dealt with her disease of alzheimers. Over the course of about a year, i became increasingly upset with a couple of uconns tactics in recruiting, summitt wrote in the book sum it up. Pat summitt on geno auriemma feud and more in her new book. What a great book on leadership, integrity, and passion. Summit chronicles her life in her new book, sum it up.
The alltime winningest coach in ncaa basketball history tells her remarkable story of victory and resilience. While the title of summitt s latest work reach for the summit, 1998, etc. Patricia susan summitt was an american womens college basketball head coach who accrued. A simple blood test could predict if a patient will develop alzheimers disease up to 16. For 38 years, she has broken records, winning more games than any ncaa team in basketball history. These inspiring pat summitt quotes will motivate you to. Sally jenkins has worked with pat to produce a truly inspiring book that will benefit every reader. Sally jenkins pat summitt was only 21 when she became head coach of the tennessee vols womens basketball team. Pat summit tells her story in her memoir, sum it up. In pat summitt, a toughness greater than invincibility. Share pat summitt quotations about basketball, team and coaching. Her memoir, sum it up crown archetype, written with sally jenkins. A thousand and ninetyeight victories, a couple of irrelevant losses, and a life in. Pat summitt wears a cheerleading uniform and cheers while being held up by members of her coaching staff dean lockwood, left, and holly warlick during a timeout of a mens game between.
In the fall of 1998 after reach for the summit hit the bestseller list, i went to hartford for a book signing. In many ways, sum it up is a memoir that came too soon. In this groundbreaking motivational book, pat summitt presented her formula for success, which she called the definite dozen system. See all books authored by pat summitt, including sum it up. See the most successful basketball coach in history discuss her life since leaving the court to battle dementia.
Pat summitt, the alltime winningest coach in ncaa basketball history and bestselling author of reach for the summitt and raise the roof, tells for the first time her remarkable story of victory and resilience as well as facing down her greatest challenge. Summitt wrote three books, all with coauthor sally jenkins. The following excerpt from summitts memoir, sum it up, written with washington post columnist sally jenkins, is a look at those frontier days. Pat summitt plot details recommendation i recommend this book to anyone who enjoys.
Pat summitt, the alltime winningest coach in ncaa basketball. Pat summit is a fascinating women with an incredible career and a lot of courage and grit. In each of the books twelve chapters, summitt talks about one of the systems principlessuch as responsibility, discipline, and loyalty. In each of the books twelve chapters, summitt talked about one of the systems principlessuch as responsibility, discipline, and loyaltyand showed you apply it. I have been following the lady vols for over twenty years because one of the players mentioned in this memoir attended my high school before transferring. Pat summitt biography facts, childhood, family life. Raise the roof, about the lady vols 19971998 undefeated and ncaachampionship winning season. Former head coach pat summitt of the tennessee lady volunteers celebrates cutting down the net after their 64. If that is the case, sum it up shows that if every person in this world were like pat summitt, we would all be undefeated. When chapter titles are used in books, their primary function is to express the chapters main idea.
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