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The quotes are taken from some of the best in the game!
- Jimmy V Quotes Dentist Jokes: “We win or the alumni bash in our teeth.” (explaining the dental plan at North Carolina State)
- Bobby Knight Quotes: “If I came in to recruit your son, I would tell you, your wife and your son that I will be the most demanding coach your son can play for.” Bobby Knight
- Dickie V Quotes: “Glue guys aren’t superstars. They’re not the No. 1 option. They just do things only coaches really appreciate. The stars get the headlines, but glue guys help you get in the winner’s circle. I don’t think you can win without having that kind of player.” Dick Vitale
- Coach K Quotes: “Goals should be realistic, attainable, and shared among all members of the team.” Coach K
- Jimmy V Quotes: “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.” Jim Valvano
- Larry Bird Quotes: “I never learned anything by losing.” Larry Bird
- Larry Bird Quotes: “You can’t take anything away from a champion.” Larry Bird
- Larry Bird Quotes: “It makes me sick when I see a guy just stare at a loose ball and watch it go out of bounds.” Larry Bird
- March Madness Basketball Jokes: What is the secret to winning a National Basketball Championship? “The secret is to have eight great players, and four others who will cheer like crazy.” Jerry Tarkanian
- March 10, 1946 “Don’t give up. Don’t ever give up.” Jimmy Valvano
- “I’m a coach who believes in execution. Whenever I see [that player] shoot free throws, I want to execute him.” Rick Pitino
- March Madness Basketball Jokes: “We have a great bunch of outside shooters; unfortunately, all our games are played indoors.” Weldon Drew
- Bobby Knight Quotes:“Your biggest opponent isn’t the other guy. It’s human nature.” Bobby Knight
June
- June 9, 1939 June 9th “He’s a PTPer tonight, baby!” Dick Vitale
December Quotes
- December 2nd Jimmy V Week Jimmy V Quotes: “Don’t give up. Don’t ever give up.”
- “I made a ridiculous statement when I first went to North Carolina State. I said I know basketball down there was like life or death. It was very wrong. It’s more important.”
- “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.”
- Milk Jokes: “Why shouldn’t I milk it? We’re an agricultural institution.” (after all his endorsement offers after North Carolina State won the NCAA Tournament)
- December 7th, 1956 Larry Bird Quotes “I’ve got a theory that if you give 100 percent all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.” Larry Bird
- John Wooden Quotes: “Big things are accomplished only through the perfection of minor details.” John Wooden
January
- Jimmy V Quotes: “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.” Jim Valvano
- John Wooden Quotes: “Discipline yourself and others won’t need to.” John Wooden
- “As long as you try your best, you are never a failure. That is, unless you blame others.” John Wooden
- “He’s a Diaper Dandy!” Dick Vitale
- “Never make excuses. Your friends don’t need them and your foes won’t believe them.” John Wooden
- “He’s awesome, baby, with a capital “A.” Dick Vitale
- “Do not permit what you cannot do to interfere with what you can do.” John Wooden
- “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
- “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.” Jim Valvano
- January 11th: National Milk Day Jokes: Jimmy V Quotes: “Why shouldn’t I milk it? We’re an agricultural institution.” (after all his endorsement offers after North Carolina State won the NCAA Tournament)
- “I made a ridiculous statement when I first went to North Carolina State. I said I know basketball down there was like life or death. It was very wrong. It’s more important.” Jim Valvano
- “There are 86,400 seconds in a day. It’s up to you to decide what to do with them.” Jim Valvano
- “Don’t give up. Don’t ever give up.” Jim Valvano
- “My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.” Jim Valvano
- “While you can’t control what happens to you, you can control how you react.” John Wooden