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We have a very intelligent team. I've had clubs that when you tell a guy to go back door, he leaves the gym. Or you tell the team you're going to have a closed practice and eight guys don't show up.
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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