Coaches are basically schizophrenic. We are pessimistic to the press and among fellow coaches, but to our team, we are the eternal optimists.
JIM VALVANOWhy shouldn’t I milk it? We’re an agricultural institution.
More Jim Valvano Quotes
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My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.
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Cancer can take away all of my physical abilities. It cannot touch my mind, it cannot touch my heart, and it cannot touch my soul.
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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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Other people go to the office. I get to coach. I know I’ve been blessed.
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I will thank God for the day and the moment I have.
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The greatest gift you can give your children is to believe in them.
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Don’t give up. Don’t ever give up.
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It’s so important to know where you are.
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All really successful coaches have a system.
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If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that’s a full day. That’s a heck of a day. You do that seven days a week, you’re going to have something special.
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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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No matter what business you’re in, you can’t run in place or someone will pass you by. It doesn’t matter how many games you’ve won.
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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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Be a dreamer. If you don’t know how to dream, you’re dead.
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