Accountability

To be successful as a leader, you must accept full responsibility. 

— Pat Summitt

Admit to and make yourself accountable for mistakes. How can you improve if you’re never wrong?

— Pat Summitt

If you don’t want responsibility, don’t sit in the big chair. That’s the deal.

— Pat Summitt

Make people accountable for their piece of the puzzle.

— Pat Summitt

My 2nd definite dozen principle is “take full responsibility.”

— Pat Summitt

Responsibility never ends. It’s not a step or a chapter. You don’t finish it and then move on to something more fun or interesting. Responsibility is a constant state of being.

— Pat Summitt

The best way to handle responsibility is to break it down into smaller parts. Take care of one small thing at a time.

— Pat Summitt

The only effective way to teach responsibility to younger people is by making them accountable to the small things, day in and day out.

— Pat Summitt

You can’t assume larger responsibility without taking responsibility for the small things too.

— Pat Summitt