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 writer of Reach for the Summitt and Raise The Roof, tells for the first time her remarkable story of victory and resilience in addition to facing down her greatest challenge: early-onset Alzheimer’s disease.

Pat Summitt was once only 21 when she become head coach of the Tennessee Vols women’s basketball team. For 38 years, she broke records, winning more games than any NCAA team in basketball history. She coached an undefeated season, co-captained the first women’s Olympic team, was once inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame, and was once named Sports Illustrated ‘Sportswoman of the Year’.
She owed 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 was once a role model for the many women she coached; 74 of her players have grow to be coaches.
Pat’s life took a shocking turn in 2011, when she was once diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease, an irreversible brain condition that has effects on 5 million Americans. Regardless of her devastating diagnosis, she led the Vols to win their sixteenth SEC championship in March 2012. Pat continued to be a fighter, facing this new challenge the best way she’s faced each other–with hard work, perseverance, and a humorousness.

From the Hardcover edition.

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