summit - noun-
1. the highest point of attainment
2. the highest state or degree
I'll be the first to admit, I am not a huge follower of Women's College Basketball. My sister, on the other hand, is. To boot, she has been a a Lady Vols fan for some time now. As you can imagine, the news of Coach Summitt's passing is nothing she wanted to hear even though she knew it would be a reality one day. Simply stated, "it sucks."
What I will say is I do have an appreciation for those who are masters of their craft, whatever that craft may be. In the case of Coach Summitt, it is obvious what craft she mastered. Take one look at her coaching career and the stats speak loudly and clearly. She was one helluva coach.
Even though her birth name was not Summitt, I see an irony here. Or was it all part of her destiny? People generally aren't willing to work hard for you without the occasional "pat on the back." Summit. She not only brought herself to hers, she brought many others to theirs over the course of her life and career. That is definitely a true measure of a person. Can you bring people to achieve great things and to those things they don't believe they can achieve?
While the news is sad, rest assured the world is a better place for having Coach Pat Summitt leave her footprints on it. Those footprints will continue to leave even more footprints for years to come. And that, folks, is what life is all about.
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