Statement by Pres. Obama on the Death of Pat Summit
buzzz worthy. . . Legendary Tennessee Vols coach, Pat Summitt handled Dementia by facing it head on like she faced many opponents on the basketball court. She lost her battle with the disease this week. President Obama released the following statement in her memory: "Nobody walked off a college basketball court victorious more times than Tennessee’s Pat Summitt. For four decades, she outworked her rivals, made winning an attitude, loved her players like family, and became a role model to millions of Americans, including our two daughters. Her unparalleled success includes never recording a losing season in 38 years of coaching, but also, and more importantly, a 100 percent graduation rate among her players who completed their athletic eligibility. Her legacy, however, is measured much more by the generations of young women and men who admired Pat’s intense competitiveness and character, and as a result found in themselves the confidence to practice hard,...