Jim Valvano
Jim Valvano
James Thomas Anthony Valvano, nicknamed Jimmy V, was an American college basketball player, coach, and broadcaster...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth10 March 1946
CountryUnited States of America
enthusiasm willing work
How do you go from where you are to where you want to be? I think you have to have an enthusiasm for life. You have to have a dream, a goal, and you have to be willing to work for it.
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The very first time you stood in the locker room to give a pep talk. That's a special place, the locker room, for a coach to give a talk.
emotions heck move number spend three time
To me there are three things everyone should do every day. Number one is laugh. Number two is think -- spend some time time in thought. Number three, you should have your emotions move you to tears. If you laugh, think and cry, that's a heck of a day.
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Nothing has ever been accomplished in any walk of life without enthusiasm, without motivation, and without perseverance.
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How do you go from where you are to where you wanna be? And I think you have to have an enthusiasm for life. You have to have a dream, a goal. And you have to be willing to work for it.
life-changing moments uncertain
Life changes when you least expect it to. The future is uncertain. So, seize this day, seize this moment, and make the most of it.
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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.
accomplish
Conceive the inconceivable - then accomplish it.