Reach for the Summit by Pat Summitt - ISBN: 9780767902298
Paperback
Weaving stories of her medal-winning trips to the Olympics and her experience as a college coach, Summit delivers an uplifting message for anyone with the desire to succeed in sports, business, and life.

Reach for the Summit

The Definite Dozen System for Succeeding at Whatever You Do

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  • Paperback

    288 pages

  • Release Date

    2 March 1999

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Summary

Pat Summitt, head coach of the Tennessee Lady Vols, was a phenomenon in women’s basketball.Her ferociously competitive teams won three NCAA championships in a row–1996, 1997, and 1998.The 1997-98 Lady Vols posted a historic 39-0 record, prompting the New York Times, among many others, to proclaim them “the best women’s college team ever.” In this groundbreaking motivational book, Pat Summitt presented her formula for success, which she called the “Definite Dozen System.” In each of the book’s…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780767902298
ISBN-10:0767902297
Author:Pat Summitt
Publisher:Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc)
Imprint:Broadway Books
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:288
Release Date:2 March 1999
Weight:238g
Dimensions:202mm x 134mm x 19mm
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Critics Review

“If you want to understand what makes a champion, in any field or on any level, read Pat Summitt’s story.”
–John Feinstein, author of A March to Madness

Pat Summitt is “a genius of a coach.”
New York Times

”[Pat Summitt is] one of the best coaches in basketball history–male, female, college or pro. . . . [She has] an extraordinary combination of grit and tenderness.”
USA Weekend

“If you want to learn about winning and the elements for success, Pat Summitt can provide all the data to tell you how to win at any level. To put it in Vitalese, she is awesome, baby, with a capital A.”
–Dick Vitale, ESPN sports commentator

“As a manager and master motivator, Pat Summitt transcends sports. The most experienced CEO can learn from her contagious work ethic and ingenious methods.”
–Ken Blanchard, coauthor of The One-Minute Manager

Runaway New York Times Business Bestseller

About The Author

Pat Summitt

Pat Summitt became head coach of women’s basketball at Tennessee in 1974, and won more national championships than any coach since the legendary John Wooden.She was a sought-after motivational speaker for such companies as Proctor & Gamble and Kodak.She and her husband, R.B., lived in Knoxville with their son, Tyler.Sally Jenkins is the author of Men Will Be Boys.A veteran sports reporter whose work has been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, she has worked for the Washington Post and Sports Illustrated and is now at Conde Nast Sports for Women.

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