Reach for the Summit: The Definite Dozen System for Succeeding at Whatever You Do - Softcover

Summitt, Pat

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0767902297 ISBN 13: 9780767902298

Publisher: Crown Currency, 1999

Synopsis

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 twelve chapters, Summitt talked about one of the system's principles--such as responsibility, discipline, and loyalty--and showed you apply it to your own situation.  Along the way, she used her own remarkable story as a vehicle for explaining how anyone can transform herself through ambition.  Pat Summitt's story will motivate you to achieve in sports, business, and the most important game of all--life.

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Review

Pat Summitt has been called a living legend. As head coach of the University of Tennessee Lady Vols, Summitt has taken her NCAA Division 1 women's basketball team to back-to-back national championships in 1996 and 1997, and five titles in a 10-year span. In Reach for the Summit, with the help of former Sports Illustrated writer Sally Jenkins, she draws from 24 years as a successful head coach to provide motivational advice for anyone who wants to succeed in sports, business, and life in general. Structured around her Definite Dozen system, each chapter covers one of her 12 commandments of achievement by interweaving personal anecdotes, strategies for success, and basic ethics. A lot of people can win once, she writes. They get lucky, or follow their intuition, or strike on a good short-term formula. But very few people know how to repeat success on a consistent basis. They lose sight of their priorities, grow content, and abandon their principles. Summitt's book is about building a system of principles and sticking to it.

From the Publisher

The crowd roars for Pat Summitt and Reach for the Summit:

"Pat Summitt . . . [is] a genius of a coach."
--New York Times

"Pat Summitt is a metaphor for excellence and hope. In this book, Summitt opens a window through which we discover the elements of mental toughness and passion that bring such success to herself and to her athletes."
--Tara VanDerveer, head coach of women's basketball at Stanford University

"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 Season on the Brink and A March to Madness

"[Pat Summitt is] always seeking new information. That's what renews a coach."
--Phil Jackson, head coach of the Chicago Bulls

"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 a 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

Edition details

• Publisher: Crown Currency
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0767902297
• ISBN 13: 9780767902298
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 288