Coaches are basically schizophrenic. We are pessimistic to the press and among fellow coaches, but to our team, we are the eternal optimists.
JIM VALVANOAre you saying that the assistant had the answers all along, he just wasn’t telling anyone?
More Jim Valvano Quotes
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Take time every day to laugh, to think, to cry.
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My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.
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The greatest gift you can give your children is to believe in them.
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Life changes when you least expect it to. The future is uncertain. So, seize this day, seize this moment, and make the most of it.
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Be a dreamer. If you don’t know how to dream, you’re dead.
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How do you go from where you are to where you wanna be? And I think you have to have an enthusiasm for life. You have to have a dream, a goal. And you have to be willing to work for it.
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All really successful coaches have a system.
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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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Enjoy your life, the precious moments you have.
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Every day ordinary people do extra-ordinary things!
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I just got one last thing, I urge all of you, all of you, to enjoy your life, the precious moments you have. To spend each day with some laughter and some thought, to get you’re emotions going.
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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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Never give up, never ever give up.
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Time is very precious to me. I don’t know how much I have left, and I have some things that I would like to say. Hopefully, at the end, I will have said something that will be important to other people, too.
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Conceive the inconceivable – then accomplish it.
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