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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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Queens
New York
James Thomas Anthony Valvano
Jimmy V
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