Before she won a few WNBA MVP Trophies, Candace Parker rose to national basketball prominences at the University of Tennessee. Parker was a member of two national championship-winning teams and earned the most excellent players of the NCAA tournament along the way.
Parker was led by coach Pat Summitt during her striking term of office with The volunteers. Parker, an “NBA on TNT” analyst, took a moment to share how she continues to bear the lessons that the deceased coach brought in years ago.
“I would say that eye contact is real, really, very important. And she was the first person who really made me look at her when she would talk,” Parker responded to the request of fellow guest in Adam Lefkoe to share some memorable advice from Summitt during a “Storytime” segment.
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University of Tennessee Athletee Dave Hart (left), former player Candace Parker (right), head coach Emeritus Pat Summitt (left center) and head coach Holly Warlick (right center) during the Parker’s Jersey pension ceremony for a match against the LSU Tigers in Thompson-Boling Arena. (Randy Sartin/USA Today Sports)
“And now, when I’m at home, and I raise my son, my son says:” Look at me. Look at me. ” As always, because I didn’t realize that I always say that. Parker added.
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In 2016, Summitt died of complications of Alzheimer’s disease early at the beginning.
Tournament MVP Candace Parker of the Tennessee Lady Volunteers hugs head coach Pat Summitt while they celebrate their 59-46 victory against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights to win the National Championship of 2007 in Quicken Loans Arena 3 April 2007, in Cleveland. (Jim Mcisaac/Getty images)
Lefkoe thanked Parker and then remembered another story that the triple WNBA champion once told.
“We all want a relationship with someone like you did with Pat,” said Lefkoe. ‘I will never forget that you tell me the story about how you came to university. You were injured and she would just let you sit there. And you would talk. I think it’s a blessing. I want you to thank you for sharing these stories with us because we don’t have these relationships like you did.
Tennessee Lady Volunteers head coach Pat Summitt laughs during a rest ceremony during an NCAA Final Four match of 2012 between the Baylor Bears and the Stanford Cardinal in the Pepsi Center. (Ron Chenoy/USA Today Sports)
Parker is also a member of the Pat Summitt Foundation Board of Directors. The foundation wants to make progress in the research of Alzheimer’s.
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Summitt is generally considered one of the biggest coaches in College Basketball history. She won eight national titles during her legendary term of office in Tennessee.
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