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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
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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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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.
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In every single day, in every walk of life, ordinary people do extraordinary things. Ordinary People accomplish Extraordinary things.
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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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I just got one last thing, I urge all of you, all of you, to enjoy your life, the precious moments you have. To spend each day with some laughter and some thought, to get you're emotions going.
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Other people go to the office. I get to coach. I know I've been blessed.
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I can't tell you what an honor it is, to even be mentioned in the same breath with Arthur Ashe. This is something I certainly will treasure forever.
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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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