Sum It Up: A Thousand and Ninety-Eight Victories, a Couple of Irrelevant Losses, and a Life in Perspective

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Pat Summitt, the all-time winningest coach in NCAA basketball history
and bestselling author of Reach for the Summitt and Raise The
Roof, tells for the first time her remarkable story of victory and
resilience as well as facing down her greatest challenge: early-onset
Alzheimer's disease.Pat Summitt was only 21 when she became head
coach of the Tennessee Vols women's basketball team. For 38 years, she has
broken records, winning more games than any NCAA team in basketball history. She
has coached an undefeated season, co-captained the first women's Olympic team,
was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame, and has been named Sports
Illustrated 'Sportswoman of the Year'.She owes her coaching success to
her personal struggles and triumphs. She learned to be tough from her strict,
demanding father. Motherhood taught her to balance that rigidity with
communication and kindness. She is a role model for the many women she's
coached; 74 of her players have become coaches.Pat's life took a shocking
turn in 2011, when she was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease, an
irreversible brain condition that affects 5 million Americans. Despite her
devastating diagnosis, she led the Vols to win their sixteenth SEC championship
in March 2012. Pat continues to be a fighter, facing this new challenge the way
she's faced every other--with hard work, perseverance, and a sense of
humor.


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