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If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that’s a full day.

Jim Valvano

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Jim Valvano
Age: 47 †
Born: 1946
Born: March 10
Died: 1993
Died: April 28
Basketball Coach
Basketball Player
Coach
Queens
New York
James Thomas Anthony Valvano
Jimmy V
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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.
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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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To find the unlimited scope of human possibility, look within yourself.
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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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Be a dreamer. If you don't know how to dream, you're dead.
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