re: How is Pat Summitt doing these days?

First, I really appreciate you asking.

Coach has her good days and bad days but she still makes a lot of appearances, especially when she's having good days. It was incredibly touching that she was the one who awarded the courage award to a player with a terminal illness - it really was.

Sometimes she looks lost and it just breaks my heart to see that because she's so young for this illness and I saw that in my granny when she was in her 80s.

HOWEVER, Summitt is tougher than nails, a GOAT in WBB and an absolute legend in basketball period who ranks right up there with plenty of male coaches who've reached the pinnacle of men's bball. And we all know what an iron will she possessed. I think part of what made it so damned hard as a Summitt fan is that she was always so mentally tough and sharp. It just doesn't seem fair that her mind would be attacked this way.

All that said, the courage she's displayed by after revealing the diagnosis that to this day continues is simply amazing. She's done a lot to fundraise and really put herself out there in a way few would. Unfortunately, those DX'd early are more prone to a faster decline than those DX'd later in life (for some reason the younger you are the more likely it is to eat you up). I hope she's one of the lucky ones though -- I don't want her to decline fast or to lose her to this any time soon. There are very, very, few people I admire without having to place a caveat about their flaws and/or "he's great but he did do this or this or acts like this from time to time..." but Summitt is one of the very few worthy ones.

I pray for a cure to end this terrible disease. Not just for her but for everyone.