Monthly Archives: February 2020

Respect was the very first principle that Pat Summitt introduced when she created and caught the Definite Dozen. Respect is at the core of great leadership since it can only be earned.

Definite Dozen Principle #1 | Respect Yourself and Others.

Definite Dozen Principle #3 | If you want to develop loyalty, the first thing you have to do is demonstrate it.

Loyalty was one of the most important values and principles taught by Hall-of-Fame basketball coach, Pat Summitt. Learn more about how Pat Summitt demonstrated and developed loyalty as the leader of one of the greatest NCAA championship basketball teams of all time.

On this day, eleven years ago, Coach Summitt became the first men's or women's coach in NCAA basketball history to reach 1,000 wins when Tennessee trounced Georgia 73-43 in Knoxville. Just days before, TIME Magazine interviewed Pat and published the Q&A of that interview as a feature in that February’s edition. In that interview leading up to her record win, Coach Summitt was asked a question that elicited a response that has since become legend.