I will thank God for the day and the moment I have.
JIM VALVANOIf you laugh, you think, and you cry, that’s a full day.
More Jim Valvano Quotes
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Take time every day to laugh, to think, to cry.
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The difference between Namath and me is that when you make the money he makes, they say you’re ruggedly handsome. When you make the money I make, they say you have a big nose. (On resembling Joe Namath)
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Why shouldn’t I milk it? We’re an agricultural institution.
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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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You need to have a dream, a goal, and you must be willing to work hard.
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Know where you have been, where you are now and where you want to be.
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Coaches are basically schizophrenic. We are pessimistic to the press and among fellow coaches, but to our team, we are the eternal optimists.
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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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Don’t give up. Don’t ever give up.
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Spend each day with some laughter and some thought, to get you’re emotions going.
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Other people go to the office. I get to coach. I know I’ve been blessed.
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Never give up, never ever give up.
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Are you saying that the assistant had the answers all along, he just wasn’t telling anyone?
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A person really doesn’t become whole, until he becomes a part of something that’s bigger than himself.
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Be a dreamer. If you don’t know how to dream, you’re dead.
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