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.
JIM VALVANOAll really successful coaches have a system.
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To find the unlimited scope of human possibility, look within yourself.
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I will thank God for the day and the moment I have.
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And if you see me, smile and maybe give me a hug. That’s important to me too.
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All really successful coaches have a system.
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Nothing can happen if it’s not first a dream. If you have someone with a dream, if you have a motivated person with a goal and a vision, if you have someone that never gives up, who has great hope, Anything can happen.
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But try if you can to support, whether it’s AIDS or the cancer foundation, so that someone else might survive, might prosper, and might actually be cured of this dreaded disease.
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Now, I look at where I am now and I know what I wanna to do. What I would like to be able to do is to spend whatever time I have left and to give, and maybe some hope to others.
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Be a dreamer. If you don’t know how to dream, you’re dead.
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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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Are you saying that the assistant had the answers all along, he just wasn’t telling anyone?
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Never give up! Failure and rejection are only the first step to succeeding.
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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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Every day ordinary people do extra-ordinary things!
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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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