Other people go to the office. I get to coach. I know I’ve been blessed.
JIM VALVANOSpend each day with some laughter and some thought, to get you’re emotions going.
More Jim Valvano Quotes
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Why shouldn’t I milk it? We’re an agricultural institution.
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In every single day, in every walk of life, ordinary people do extraordinary things. Ordinary People accomplish Extraordinary things.
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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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I made a ridiculous statement when I first went to North Carolina State. I said I know basketball down there was like life or death. It was very wrong. It’s more important.
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The greatest gift you can give your children is to believe in them.
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To find the unlimited scope of human possibility, look within yourself.
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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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Conceive the inconceivable – then accomplish it.
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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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Spend each day with some laughter and some thought, to get you’re emotions going.
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All really successful coaches have a system.
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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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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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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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