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.
JIM VALVANOCoaches are basically schizophrenic. We are pessimistic to the press and among fellow coaches, but to our team, we are the eternal optimists.
More Jim Valvano Quotes
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To find the unlimited scope of human possibility, look within yourself.
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Every day ordinary people do extra-ordinary things!
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I will thank God for the day and the moment I have.
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Know where you have been, where you are now and where you want to be.
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All really successful coaches have a system.
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My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.
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We need your help. I need your help. We need money for research. It may not save my life. It may save my children’s life. It may save someone you love. And it’s very important.
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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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It’s so important to know where you are.
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Be a dreamer. If you don’t know how to dream, you’re dead.
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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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Now I’m fighting cancer, everybody knows that. People ask me all the time about how you go through your life and how’s your day, and nothing is changed for me.
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People think I have courage. The courage in my family are my wife Pam, my three daughters, here, Nicole, Jamie, LeeAnn, my mom, who’s right here too.
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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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The greatest gift you can give your children is to believe in them.
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