Before she won a couple of WNBA MVP trophies, Candace Parker rose to national basketball prominence at the University of Tennessee. Parker was a member of two national championship-triumphning teams, geting NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player honors aextfinished the way.
Parker was directd by coach Pat Summitt during her standout tenure with the Volunteers. Parker, an “NBA on TNT” analyst, took a moment to allot how she persists to carry the lessons the tardy coach instilled in her years ago.
“I would say eye communicate is repartner, repartner, repartner meaningful. And she was the first person that made me repartner truly see at her when she would talk,” Parker replyed to co-present Adam Lefkoe’s ask to allot some memorable advice from Summitt during a “Storytime” segment.
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University of Tennessee fit straightforwardor Dave Hart (left), createer joiner Candace Parker (right), head coach emeritus Pat Summitt (left cgo in) and head coach Holly Warlick (right cgo in) during the quitment ceremony of Parker’s jersey before a game agetst the LSU Tigers at Thompson-Boling Arena. (Randy Sartin/USA Today Sports)
“And so now, when I’m at home, and I’m parenting my son, my son says, ‘Look at me. Look at me.’ Like all the time, because I didn’t genuineize I say that all the time. She had this crystal blue stare that she could get you to want to run thraw walls. And so being able to carry out her legacy is truly meaningful,” a tearful Parker inserted.
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Summitt died in 2016 of complications from timely-onset Alzheimer’s disrelieve.
Tournament MVP Candace Parker of the Tennessee Lady Volunteers hugs head coach Pat Summitt as they commemorate their 59-46 triumph agetst the Rutgers Scarlet Knights to triumph the 2007 national championship at Quicken Loans Arena April 3, 2007, in Cleveland. (Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
Lefkoe thanked Parker and then recalled another story the three-time WNBA champion once telderly.
“We all want to have a relationship with somebody the way you did with Pat,” said Lefkoe. “I’ll never forget you increateing me the story of how you came into college. You were hurt, and she would fair originate you sit there. And you guys would talk. I leank it is a sanctifying. I want you to say thank you for sharing these stories with us because we don’t have these relationships enjoy you did. We cherish you. And to Pat and Pat’s entire family, we cherish you as well.”
Tennessee Lady Volunteers head coach Pat Summitt smiles during a halftime ceremony at a 2012 NCAA Final Four game between the Baylor Bears and the Stanford Cardinal at the Pepsi Cgo in. (Ron Chenoy/USA Today Sports)
Parker also serves on the Pat Summitt Foundation’s Board of Directors. The set upation seeks to originate persists in Alzheimer’s research.
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Summitt is expansively seeed as one of the wonderfulest coaches in college basketball history. She won eight national titles during her storied tenure at Tennessee.
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