Before she won a few WNBA MVP Trophy, Candace Parker rose to national basketball standout at the University of Tennessee. Parker is a member of two national championship teams, winning the NCAA Championship’s most outstanding player honor in the process.
Parker is coached by coach during his tenure as Pat Summitt volunteer. Parker, an “NBA on TNT” analyst, took a moment to share how she continued her lessons for the late coach that she instilled years ago.
Parker responded to co-host Adam Lefkoe’s request to share some memorable suggestions in the “Story Time” section.
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University of Tennessee athletic director Dave Hart, former player Candace Parker (right), honors coach Pat Pat Summitt (left center) and head coach Holly Warlick (right center) were at Parker’s jersey retirement ceremony before playing against the LSU Tigers in Thompson-Boling’s game. (Randy Sartin/USA Today movement)
“So now, when I’m at home, I want parents, my son says, ‘Look at me. Look at me.’ Like I’ve been saying, she’s always saying she can get you through the walls, so it’s really important to be able to execute her legacy,” Parker added.
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Summitt died in 2016 from early onset of Alzheimer’s disease.
MVP MVP Candace Parker of Tennessee Women’s Volunteers embraced head coach Pat Summitt, who beat Rutgers Scarlet Knights 59-46 to win the 2007 national championship at Quicken Loans Arena on April 3, 2007 at Cleveland. (Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
Lefkoe thanked Parker and then recalled another story the three-time WNBA champion once told.
“We all want to have a relationship with someone like you have with Pat,” Lefko said. “I will never forget the story you told me about how you went to college. You were hurt and she just let you sit there. You guys talk. I think it’s a blessing. I want you to say thank you for sharing these stories with us because we don’t have a relationship like you. We love you. We love you. You and Pat Pat and Pat, we love you too.”
Tennessee Women’s Volunteer Head Coach Pat Summitt smiled during a half-time game between the 2012 NCAA Baylor Bears and the Stanford Cardinal of the Pepsi Center. (Ron Chenoy/USA Today campaign)
Parker also serves on the board of directors of the Pat Summitt Foundation. The foundation seeks to make progress in Alzheimer’s research.
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Summitt is widely regarded as one of the greatest coaches College basketball history. She won eight national titles during her legendary tenure in Tennessee.
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