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As Huxley said…

Pat Summitt, 59, has coached the Lady Vols for 37 seasons. (Associated Press)
Catherine Johnston
Pat Summitt, 59, has coached the Lady Vols for 37 seasons. (Associated Press)
Pat Summitt, 59, has coached the Lady Vols for 37 seasons. (Associated Press)

Aging brings surprises: we do not recover as quickly or as easily from ailments. Sometimes we end up with illnesses that are chronic: congestive heart failure, arthritis, bursitis. English novelist, Aldous Huxley, wrote: “Experience is not what happens to you. It is what you do with what happens to you.”


Pat Summitt , the coach of the University of Tennessee’s women’s basketball team, has created a life of amazing experiences as a coach for women’s basketball - once considered a second-class activity.

And now, she has been diagnosed with early onset dementia, Alzheimer’s type.

Summitt has already proven her skills on the court. And with this recent diagnosis, continues to live her dreams, sharing her experience with a world of spectators, watching what she will do with what has happened to her.

(AP photo)

* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "EndNotes." Read all stories from this blog