Pat Summitt. I've met her twice. First time she shook my hand. Second time a big hug.

[givemebackmycountry]

Her parents lived close to one of my old bosses.
I ran into her twice.
She's very tall (and I'm 6'4") and very warm and quite funny.

There was a HBO special about the Lady Vol's championship season when Holdsclaw was on the team.
I have it on a VCR tape somewhere.
She was on those girls from day one of practice at 6:00 a.m. and never let up until they cut the nets down.
I've watched it a hundred times and it always brought me happiness.
She's tough as nails but she has a big heart.

All she asks is that you bring it.
Every single day.
Just like she will.

Good luck, Pat.

(sorry, this was a reply to the Pat Summitt thread and somehow it wound up as a post of it's own. So be it.)

[LiberalFighter]

1. I like her. When started the piece on her I thought there was going to be scandal

Thankfully there wasn't. Wouldn't want her career dirtied.

With some luck she will be okay.

[RockaFowler]

2. I wish I could recommend this post

I wish her the best of luck

[givemebackmycountry]

3. Thanks Rock...

Sometimes even when I screw up, I do things right.
If I made you smile, I did OK.

First time I met Pat, my boss introduced me to her and she asked me "How you like working for Frank?"
And I replied quickly "He's tough".
She smiled and said to me "You'd last about three minutes in one of my practices"

I believed her too.

[madinmaryland]

4. Don't worry about a repost. Anything to keep the research going to

help people suffering from Dementia will always get a rec from me.

Maybe Ms. Summitt will be able to bring a bit more attention to a very debilitating disease.

Note: My mother died from the disease last year. We noticed changes in her behavior 10 years before she died, but it took seven years for a real diagnosis.

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