"I remember every player - every single one - who wore the Tennessee orange, a shade that our rivals hate, a bold, aggravating color that you can usually find on a roadside crew, or in a correctional institution as my friend Wendy Larry jokes. But to us the color is a flag of pride because it identifies us as Lady Vols and therefore as women of an unmistakable type. Fighters. I remember how many of them fought for a better life for themselves. I just met them halfway."
- Pat Summitt
from her book Sum It Up
RIP Pat. I am so fortunate to have seen you coach at the Summitt in Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville. It was an unbelievable experience. My heart bleeds orange.
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Love consists in this, that two solitudes protect and touch and greet each other.
- Rainer Maria Rilke
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