Umqeqeshi odume ngelika-10 Times uPat Summitt Ubonakalisile ukuthi UnguYena Ophefumulelwe Ngokugcina

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UPat Summitt, umqeqeshi othandekayo weqembu le-University of Tennessee Lady Vols basketball, udlule emhlabeni namuhla ngemuva kokulwa nesifo i-Alzheimer's iminyaka emihlanu. Ubekanye neLady Vols impilo yakhe yonke yobungcweti. Ujoyine njengephini lomqeqeshi eneminyaka engu-22 ngo-1974 futhi wahlala neqembu kwaze kwaba ngu-2012 lapho esula khona, ehola iqembu ezikhundleni eziyisishiyagalombili njengomqeqeshi omkhulu. Irekhodi lakhe lilonke ngesikhathi ethatha umhlalaphansi kwaba ukuwina okuhlaba umxhwele okungu-1,098 kanye nokulahlekelwa okungu-208 kuphela eminyakeni engama-38.

Njengokungathi irekhodi lakhe le-UT alithandeki ngokwanele, uSummitt uphinde waqeqesha amaqembu amabili ama-Olimpiki.Ngo-1976, waqeqesha iqembu elathola izindondo zesiliva. Ngemuva kwalokho, wahola iqembu laseMelika ngegolide kuma-Olympic Games alandelayo ngo-1980.

Ngokwemvelo, ifa lakhe liphethe umthombo ocebile wenkuthazo ngaphakathi nangaphandle kwenkantolo. Ubhale izincwadi eziningi ezikhuthazayo mayelana nesikhathi sakhe njengomqeqeshi, okuhlanganisa Phakamisa Uphahla: Indaba Engaphakathi Ekhuthazayo Yesizini Yomlando YaseTennessee Lady Vols '1997-1998, kanye ne Finyelela Engqungqutheleni, futhi Kufingqa: Ukunqoba okungu-1,098, Ukulahlekelwa Okungabalulekile, kanye Nombono Wokuphila.

Sidonsele izikhathi ezingu-10 empilweni yakhe nasemsebenzini wakhe ezisikhuthaza ukuthi siqhubeke nokuyichoboza—kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kusenkundleni, ehhovisi, noma ejimini.

1. Ukuthola okwangempela ngokuthi kusho ukuthini ukuncintisana.

2. Njengowesifazane Wonyaka Wezemidlalo Enemifanekiso Ka-2011

Ngo-2011, uPat waqokwa njengeSports Illustrated's Sportswoman of the Year eceleni komqeqeshi webhasikidi wamadoda eDuke University uMike Krzyzewski. SI 'Isici sabaqeqeshi ababili abawine kakhulu ku-basketball yasekolishi sakhanya ezikhathini eziqhakazile kusukela emsebenzini kaSummitt, okuhlanganisa nalesi: “Yilokho nje, eminyakeni edlule, njengoba uPat Summitt eshiya phansi ngemuva kokuqeqesha umdlalo eLouisiana Tech, wabona intombazane. esihlalweni esinamasondo emlonyeni womhubhe. Waguqa ngedolo elilodwa wamtshela ukuthi, 'Ungavumeli indlela oyiyo manje ichaze ukuthi uzoba ngubani. Unganqoba noma yini uma usebenza kuyo.' "

3. Ukukhuluma ngalokho ngempela kusho ukuba namandla.

4. Futhi kungani ithalente lingeyona yonke into.

5. Ngenkathi uMongameli Obama emklomelisa ngendondo2012 Indondo Kamongameli Yenkululeko.

"Umqeqeshi uSummitt ungumgqugquzeli-womabili njengomqeqeshi we-NCAA owina wonke umuntu futhi njengomuntu ozimisele ukukhuluma ngokukhululeka nangesibindi ngempi yakhe ne-Alzheimer's," kusho uMongameli u-Obam esitatimendeni se-White House. "Isipho sikaPat bekulokhu kungamandla akhe okusunduzela labo abaseduze naye ezindaweni eziphakeme, futhi kule minyaka engama-38 edlule, indlela yakhe yokwenza izinto eyingqayizivele iholele empumelelweni engenakuqhathaniswa enkantolo kanye nokwethembeka okungenakulinganiswa okuvela kulabo abamaziyo nalabo anezimpilo zakhe anazo uthintekile. Kungenzeka ukuthi umsebenzi kaPat wokuqeqesha usuphelile, kodwa nginesiqiniseko sokuthi umsebenzi wakhe usekude ukuphela. Ngibheke phambili ekunikezeni le ndondo. " Akukhathalekile ukuthi mingaki imidlalo oyinqobile noma oyihlulile-uma unconywa ngumongameli, uyazi ukuthi usuphumelele.

6. Lapho esikhumbuza ukuthi akukho okudlula ukusebenza kanzima.

7. Futhi ukuthi ngaso sonke isikhathi imayelana ~ sengqondo ~.

8. Ngenkathi ethatha iqembu lase-USA eliyisa phezulu esiteji sama-Olympic.

"Ngikhumbula ngizwa ukuthi indondo yama-Olimpiki ibiyimpumelelo enkulu entombazaneni yaseHenrietta, eTennessee. Njengoba kwakunjalo ngentombazane yaseMonroe, eGeorgia, noma eCleveland, eMississippi, noma eFar Rockaway, eNew York," kubhala uSummitt kuye incwadi, Ihlanganise. Impilo kaSummitt yasuka edolobheni elincane yaba nomthelela omkhulu—futhi wayehola kancane kancane.

9. Ukuqaphela humthelela hhayi kuphela emdlalweni kodwa nakubadlali bakhe.

"Umsebenzi wokuqeqesha bekungekona ukuba yi-martinet. Bekumayelana nokulungiselela abantu ukuthi bathathe izinqumo ezinhle ezizimele. Ukubafaka ezindaweni ezifanele ngesikhathi esifanele bekuyindaba yokubaqonda, nokukhuluma nabo, njengoba kunjalo. bekuwukuqondisa izimoto zabo," kubhala uSummitt encwadini yakhe, Ihlanganise. "Bekufanele kube yindawo ephakeme, efuna izinto eziningi, futhi bekungafanele wonke umuntu. Kodwa bekulungile kubadlali abangu-161 abebegqoke iwolintshi, futhi ifa langempela bekungekhona ukunqoba, kepha bazi ukuthi benziwe kokuthile okunamandla lapho behamba." Futhi bonke bezwe ukuxhumana okuhlukile kuye-akukho okufakazela ukuthi ngaphezu kwempendulo ebabazekayo ye- # WeBackPat ngemuva kokuxilongwa yi-Alzheimer's.

10. Ngoba uvuthe umkhondo kubantu besifazane, ngaphakathi nangaphandle kwenkantolo.

Njengomqeqeshi wokuqala webhasikidi wabesifazane ukwenza $ 1 million ngonyaka, uSummitt wavula indlela yabaqeqeshi besifazane, ngokusho kwe-ESPN. "Sinemiholo esinayo namhlanje ngenxa kaPat Summitt, sinokuvezwa esinakho namuhla ngenxa kaPat Summitt. Wayengasabi ukulwa," kusho uKim Mulkey, umqeqeshi oyinhloko webhola lomnqakiswano wabesifazane waseBaylor University kusukela ngonyaka ka-2000, ku-ESPN .

Kuyavunywa, akwenzeki ukufinyeza amashumi eminyaka okuphumelela kuka-Summitt kunoma yiluphi uhlu lwabayi-top-10; bheka isikhumbuzo sika-UT esithinta inhliziyo somsebenzi wakhe wonke, nawo wonke umzuzu owenza "umthelela ongenakuqhathaniswa."

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