Before she won several WNBA MVP trophies, Candace Parker became national basketball fame at the University of Tennessee. Parker is a member of two National Championship Winning Teams and has earned the honor of the best player in the NCAA Tournament.
Parker was led by Coach Pat Summit during his outstanding tenure with volunteers. Parker, a “NBA” analyst at TNT, took a little time to share whether he continues to carry lessons that the late coach planted several years ago.
“I think eye contact is really, really, really important, and she was the first person to let her see her when she spoke,” Parker responded to co-host Adam Lefcaux's request to share memorable advice from the summit during the “Story Time” segment.
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University of Tennessee athletic director Dave Hart (left), former player Candice Parker (right), head coach Honorary Put Summit (left center) and head coach Holly Warwick (right center) are playing at Parker's jersey resignation ceremony before his match against the LSU Tigers at Thompson Bowling Arena. (Randy Sartin/USA Today Sports)
“And now, I'm at home and when I'm raising my son, he says, 'Look at me, look at me.' I've always not realised that she was staring at this crystal blue that you could drive her legacy.
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Summit died in 2016 from complications from early-onset Alzheimer's disease.
Tennessee Lady Volunteer Tournament MVP Candice Parker embraces the head coach of the Put Summit on April 3, 2007, when he won the 2007 national championship at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland to celebrate his 59-46 victory over the Rutgers Scarlet Knights. (Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
Lefkoe thanked Parker and recalled another story the three-time WNBA champion once told.
“We all want you to have a relationship with someone in the way you do it with Pat,” Lefcoe said. “I will never forget to tell you how you came to college. You are hurt, she will sit you there, and you guys will talk. I think it's a blessing. We don't have these relationships the same as you, so thank you for sharing these stories.
Tennessee Lady Volunteer head coach, Coach Pat Summit, smiles at the halftime ceremony in the 2012 NCAA Finals 4 game between the Pepsi Center's Baylor Bears and the Stanford Cardinal. (Ron Chenoy/USA Today Sports)
Parker is also working on the Pat Summit Foundation's board of directors. The Foundation is looking to advance research into Alzheimer's disease.
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The Summit is widely regarded as one of the greatest coaches in college basketball history. She won eight national titles during her tenure in Tennessee.
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