WNBA great Candace Parker highlights late Tennessee coach Pat Summitt's 'truly important' legacy

Before she won a mates of WNBA MVP trophies, Candace Parker roseate to nationalist hoops prominence astatine the University of Tennessee. Parker was a subordinate of 2 nationalist championship-winning teams, earning NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player honors on the way. 

Parker was guided by manager Pat Summitt during her standout tenure with the Volunteers. Parker, an "NBA connected TNT" analyst, took a infinitesimal to stock however she continues to transportation the lessons the precocious manager instilled successful her years ago.

"I would accidental oculus interaction is really, really, truly important. And she was the archetypal idiosyncratic that made maine truly genuinely look astatine her erstwhile she would talk," Parker responded to co-host Adam Lefkoe's petition to stock immoderate memorable proposal from Summitt during a "Storytime" segment.

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University of Tennessee diversion manager Dave Hart (left), erstwhile subordinate Candace Parker (right), caput manager emeritus Pat Summitt (left center) and caput manager Holly Warlick (right center) during the status ceremonial of Parker's jersey earlier a crippled against the LSU Tigers astatine Thompson-Boling Arena. (Randy Sartin/USA Today Sports)

"And truthful now, erstwhile I’m astatine home, and I’m parenting my son, my lad says, ‘Look astatine me. Look astatine me.’ Like each the time, due to the fact that I didn’t recognize I accidental that each the time. She had this crystal bluish look that she could get you to privation to tally done walls. And truthful being capable to transportation retired her bequest is genuinely important," a tearful Parker added.

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Summitt died successful 2016 of complications from early-onset Alzheimer’s disease.

Tournament MVP Candace Parker of the Tennessee Lady Volunteers hugs caput manager Pat Summitt arsenic they observe their 59-46 triumph against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights to triumph the 2007 nationalist title astatine Quicken Loans Arena April 3, 2007, successful Cleveland.  (Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)

Lefkoe thanked Parker and past recalled different communicative the three-time WNBA champion erstwhile told.

"We each privation to person a narration with idiosyncratic the mode you did with Pat," said Lefkoe. "I’ll ne'er hide you telling maine the communicative of however you came into college. You were hurt, and she would conscionable marque you beryllium there. And you guys would talk. I deliberation it is simply a blessing. I privation you to accidental convey you for sharing these stories with america due to the fact that we don’t person these relationships similar you did. We emotion you. And to Pat and Pat’s full family, we emotion you arsenic well."

Tennessee Lady Volunteers caput manager Pat Summitt smiles during a halftime ceremonial astatine a 2012 NCAA Final Four crippled betwixt the Baylor Bears and the Stanford Cardinal astatine the Pepsi Center. (Ron Chenoy/USA Today Sports)

Parker besides serves connected the Pat Summitt Foundation's Board of Directors. The instauration seeks to marque advances successful Alzheimer's research.

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Summitt is wide regarded arsenic 1 of the top coaches successful assemblage hoops history. She won 8 nationalist titles during her storied tenure astatine Tennessee.

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