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DECIDE UPON YOUR TRUE GOALS Summitt's Hoop Dreams.(LEADERS & SUCCESS)(IBD'S 10 SECRETS TO SUCCESS)
Byline: Nancy Gondo
2 No matter how far-fetched a goal may seem, hard work, practice and determination can go a long way in helping you achieve it.
In the 1960s, there were no incentives for women to play basketball. But Pat Summitt loved the sport and dreamed of making it her life. So she set goals for herself.
When she attended the University of Tennessee, Martin, in the 1970s, she set her sights on the Olympics. So she practiced, honing her basketball skills even though no pro league for women existed in those days.
"Back then . . . there were no athletic scholarships for women, no money for decent uniforms or hotels," Summitt said in "Raise the Roof." "On the road, we slept on mats in the gym of whatever campus we visited."
The hard work paid off. In 1973 she made the U.S. national team. But later that year she suffered a severe knee injury.
Determined to live out her Olympic dream, she secured a coaching spot at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, so she could rehab her knee and stay close to her sport.
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