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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.
Jim Valvano
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Jim Valvano
Age: 47 †
Born: 1946
Born: March 10
Died: 1993
Died: April 28
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James Thomas Anthony Valvano
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We win or the alumni bash in our teeth. (On the dental plan at NC State)
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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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Be a dreamer. If you don't know how to dream, you're dead.
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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.
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Other people go to the office. I get to coach. I know I've been blessed.
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