"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

#Attitude Quotes #Team Quotes #Pessimistic Quotes

“We feed upon each other's mouths and minds like ants with social stomachs.”
“That's when the great stuff happens, when you're not checking yourself all the time, being critical of yourself and what other people are doing.”
“The nearest approach to immortality on earth is a government bureau.”

Source : James F. Byrnes (1947). “Spealing Frankly”
“Do we talk about the dignity of work? Do we give our students any reason for believing it is worthwhile to sacrifice for their work because such sacrifices improve the psychological and mental health of the person who makes them?”
“The more man distinguishes himself from the rest of creation, the more he becomes conscious of himself as the subject, as an "I" to whom the world is an object, the more does he tend to confuse himself with God, to confuse his spirit with the spirit of God, and to regard his reason as Divine Reason.”
“The Old West is not a certain place in a certain time, it's a state of mind. It's whatever you want it to be.”
“I came up with more money, took all the footage, got a great editor and made this film [Dream of Life]. But I really didn't go into it with the intention of making a movie.”
“Cooking hasn't yet been accepted as the art form it is. It should be on the level with any of the other art forms.”

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