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Pat Summitt, head coach of the Tennessee Lady Vols, is a phenomenon in women's basketball   Her ferociously competitive teams have won three NCAA championships in a row--1996, 1997, and 1998.  The 1997-98 Lady Vols posted a historic 39-0 record, prompting the New York Times, among many others, to proclaim them "the best women's college team ever." Now, in this groundbreaking motivational book, Pat Summitt presents her formula for success, which she calls the "Definite Dozen System." In each of the book's twelve chapters, Summitt talks about one of the system's principles--such as responsibility, discipline, and loyalty--and shows how you apply it to your own situation.  Along the way, she uses her own remarkable story as a vehicle for explaining how anyone can transform herself through ambition.  Pat Summitt will motivate you to achieve in sports, business, and the most important game of all--life..
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University of Texas, San Antonio Textbook of current topics in restorative and preventive dentistry, for students Covers both established methods and recent developments in the field. Emphasis on providing an empirical basis for concepts. Softcover. DNLM: Dentistry - Operative. .
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"It wasn't a team.  It was a tent revival "

So says Pat Summitt, the legendary coach whose Tennessee Lady Vols entered the 1997-98 season aiming for an almost unprecedented "three-peat" of NCAA championships   Raise the Roof takes you right inside the locker room of her amazing team, whose inspired mixture of gifted freshmen and seasoned stars produced a standard of play that would change the game of women's basketball forever.

The 1997-98 season started innocently enough.  One Saturday in August, four young freshmen--Semeka Randall, Tamika Catchings, Ace Clement and Teresa Geter--arrived on the Tennessee campus to begin their college careers.  Welcoming them were a number of players from the previous year, including Chamique Holdsclaw and Kellie Jolly.  But that night, in a sign of things to come, a simple pickup game turned into an amazing display of basketball brilliance--freshmen against established players, and with barely a shot missed by either side.  Suddenly Pat Summitt glimpsed the future: fast, aggressive and hugely talented.  This might be the team she'd worked her whole career to coach.

As the season got under way, other dramas unfolded.  After one emotional team meeting, Summitt realized that many on the team were playing for something more than just the glory of the game: all four freshmen, for example, came from single-parent homes, and the tough circumstances of the majority of the other players seemed to add an extra edge to their desire to win it all.  Further, Chamique Holdsclaw, widely regarded as the greatest female player ever, was being dogged by questions about turning pro--and she seemed reluctant to rule it out.  Meanwhile, another member of the team began to notice the unwelcome attentions of a fan, who soon turned out to be a full-fledged stalker.

All this was behind the scenes; out on the court, the win column was swelling with every game: 8-0, 15-0, 21-0.  As 1997 turned into 1998, Pat Summitt began privately to admit that this team had changed her: these kids were so lovable, funny and eager to please that she simply had to let them into her heart.  Along the way, the Lady Vols were redefining what women were capable of, trading in old definitions of femininity for new ones--in short, they were keeping score.  And by the time they entered the NCAA Final Four tournament in Kansas City, Summitt found herself believing the impossible: despite all the distractions, the 1997-98 Lady Vols could go undefeated, and, in doing so, raise the roof off the sport of women's basketball.

Packed with the excitement of a season on the brink of perfection and filled with the comedy and tragedy of one year in the life of a basketball team, Raise the Roof will have readers cheering from the bench for a team of all-conquering players and their astonishing coach.


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If you’re serious about playing basketball at a high level, Basketball for Women: Becoming a Complete Player will help you get there. Inside you’ll find

• 111 drills for improving offensive and defensive skills;

• guidelines and programs for physical conditioning;

• ways to maximize practice time and game performance; and

• tips for handling the recruitment process.

Nancy Lieberman-Cline, a legend in women’s basketball on the college, Olympic, and professional levels, has competed against the best players in the game . . . Magic Johnson, Cheryl Miller, Lynette Woodard, Sheryl Swoopes, and Isiah Thomas. She teams up with Robin Roberts, a great college player and successful sportscaster for ABC and ESPN, to share her insights and help you develop your skills to reach your fullest potential..
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Sacagawea, kidnapped as an adolescent and sold as a slave to a French-Canadian fur trader, is best known for her role as interpreter and symbol of goodwill for Lewis and Clark on their journey west. Despite her pivotal role in this era of Manifest Destiny and blending cultures, much of her ensuing life story remains uncertain, thanks to a larger focus on Lewis and Clark themselves, as well as the perpetuation of legend over fact in several 20th century movies and publications. This concise and readable biography offers an objective treatment of Sacagawea's childhood, her journey with Lewis and Clark, her later life, her explorer son, and the mythology surrounding her death and legacy. As the Lewis and Clark expedition is heavily represented in the U.S. history curriculum, this much-needed volume fills a gap on the reference shelves and supplements Native American studies curricula. The subject matter directly supports the National Standards for U.S. history Era 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861). Lively narrative chapters are supplemented with a timeline, photos, print and nonprint bibliography, and an index..
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It's no secret that success is something everyone wants. The process can be a mystery and Pillars of Success is a book all about revealing success secrets of several of the most prosperous people in business today. If you would much rather find success the easy way by learning from other' experiences Pillars of Success is the book you've been waiting for! You can do it - you can be successful!.
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Though Dan Summitt retired from the U.S Navy years ago, he still regrets not receiving clearance to fill a submarine missile tube with thirty-five thousand pounds of wet grits and launch it at a very pesky Russian spy ship. In Tales of a Cold War Submariner, Summitt tells the story of his military career, proving that navy life at the height of the Cold War as commander of two nuclear submarines kept him on his toes. He relates his work with Adm. Hyman Rickover, recounts the efforts to stay undetected while patrolling for Soviet submarines, and shares the everyday dangers faced by a submarine crew. Summitt graduated from the Naval Academy in 1947, entered Submarine School, and rose to become deputy chief of staff for the commander of the Submarine Force Atlantic Fleet and chief of staff for the Submarine Flotilla 8. He served as commander of the USS Seadragon on its secret mission to the North Pole, where he rendezvoused with the USS Skate to conduct experiments under the ice. Summitt later took command of the USS Alexander Hamilton, one of forty-one Polaris-class nuclear submarines, which carried sixteen thirty-five-foot-tall missiles. Summitt takes the reader on a tour of this vessel, describing daily life and the routine and not-so-routine missions in close quarters with no outside contact for days or even months.

Through it all, the fear of mechanical malfunctions, detection, or imminent attack always lingered. Summitt's anecdotes and descriptions capture this tense era in history..
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A Rare Group of Visionaries and Achievers Share Their Proven Success Principles. Featuring Pat Bender, Alexander Haig, Jr. and Pat Summitt. It's no secret that success is something everyone wants. The process can be a mystery and Pillars of Success is a book all about revealing success secrets of several of the most prosperous people in business today. Contributing author Pat Bender has an Awareness Is Power process. "The more aware you are," she says, "the more aware you'll become." You will learn what Pat says are three important things leaders and successful people have in common. You'll learn from Pat Bender that world class salespeople have five things in common: 1) Leave no stone unturned, 2) When your customer says no, that's when the selling begins, 3) Always have a reason to come back, 4) Be yourself, and 5) Sell with heart. You'll find out if former U.S. Secretary of State Gen. Alexander M. Haig, Jr., thinks people are born hardwired to be good leaders if if it can be a learned skill..
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