Coaches are basically schizophrenic. We are pessimistic to the press and among fellow coaches, but to our team, we are the eternal optimists.
JIM VALVANONothing has ever been accomplished in any walk of life without enthusiasm, without motivation, and without perseverance.
More Jim Valvano Quotes
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Conceive the inconceivable – then accomplish it.
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The greatest gift you can give your children is to believe in them.
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Each day, be sure to laugh, to think, to cry; that’s one heckuva full day.
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You need to have a dream, a goal, and you must be willing to work hard.
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Enjoy your life, the precious moments you have.
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We have a very intelligent team. I’ve had clubs that when you tell a guy to go back door, he leaves the gym. Or you tell the team you’re going to have a closed practice and eight guys don’t show up.
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Don’t give up. Don’t ever give up.
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To find the unlimited scope of human possibility, look within yourself.
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I asked a ref if he could give me a technical foul for thinking bad things about him. He said, of course not. I said, well, I think you stink. And he gave me a technical. You can’t trust em.
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I can’t tell you what an honor it is, to even be mentioned in the same breath with Arthur Ashe. This is something I certainly will treasure forever.
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Spend each day with some laughter and some thought, to get you’re emotions going.
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Never give up, never ever give up.
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Now I’m fighting cancer, everybody knows that. People ask me all the time about how you go through your life and how’s your day, and nothing is changed for me.
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Every day ordinary people do extra-ordinary things!
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We should do three things every day of our life. Number one is laugh. You should laugh every day. Number two is to think, we should spend some time in thought. And, number three is you should have your emotions moved to tears.
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