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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.

Jim Valvano

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.
JIM VALVANO

Stink Tech Thinking Trust Yourself
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.
JIM VALVANO

Hope Myself Place Position Time
To find the unlimited scope of human possibility, look within yourself.
JIM VALVANO

Finding Human Limitation Possible Yourself
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.
JIM VALVANO

Cry Laughter Special Thinking Yourself
Be a dreamer. If you don’t know how to dream, you’re dead.
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Death Dreams Numb Yourself
Never give up, never ever give up.
JIM VALVANO

Failure Give Up Inspirational One Liner
I’ll also tell you that five hundred thousand people will die this year of cancer. And I’ll also tell you that one in every four will be afflicted with this disease, and yet, somehow, we seem to have put it in a little bit of the background.
JIM VALVANO

Myself People Sick Willing
You need to have a dream, a goal, and you must be willing to work hard.
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Dreams Goal Hard Work Willing
Other people go to the office. I get to coach. I know I’ve been blessed.
JIM VALVANO

Blessing Myself Office People
Each day, be sure to laugh, to think, to cry; that’s one heckuva full day.
JIM VALVANO

Cry Day Laughter Oneself Thinking
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.
JIM VALVANO

Business Game Pass Run Yourself
It’s so important to know where you are.
JIM VALVANO

Awareness Important Known Yourself
And if you see me, smile and maybe give me a hug. That’s important to me too.
JIM VALVANO

Important Myself See Smile
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 VALVANO

Activity Day Emotion Life Ourselves Tears Thinking
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.
JIM VALVANO

Courage Family Mom Myself People Wife
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.
JIM VALVANO

Cure Foundation Prosper Support Survive Try Yourself

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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