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> [If we expect students to be winners and expect them to do well, they will rise to the occasion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jaime-escalante/if-we-expect-students-to-be-winners-and-expect-them-to-do-well-they/)

[Jaime Escalante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jaime-escalante/)

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## More by Jaime Escalante

> [ I do not believe in the gifted. If \[the students\] have ganas, I can make them do it. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jaime-escalante/i-do-not-believe-in-the-gifted-if-the-students-have-ganas-i-can-make/)

[Jaime Escalante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jaime-escalante/)

> [Life is not about how many times you fall down. It's about how many times you get back up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jaime-escalante/life-is-not-about-how-many-times-you-fall-down-it-s-about-how-many/)

[Jaime Escalante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jaime-escalante/)

> [If we expect kids to be losers they will be losers; if we expect them to be winners they will be winners. They rise,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jaime-escalante/if-we-expect-kids-to-be-losers-they-will-be-losers-if-we-expect-them/)

[Jaime Escalante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jaime-escalante/)

> [One of the greatest things in life is that no one has the authority to tell you what you want to be. You're the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jaime-escalante/one-of-the-greatest-things-in-life-is-that-no-one-has-the-authority/)

[Jaime Escalante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jaime-escalante/)

> [One of the greatest things you have in life is that no one has the authority to tell you what you want to be.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jaime-escalante/one-of-the-greatest-things-you-have-in-life-is-that-no-one-has-the/)

[Jaime Escalante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jaime-escalante/)

> [Ganas is all you need.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jaime-escalante/ganas-is-all-you-need/)

[Jaime Escalante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jaime-escalante/)

> [If we expect students to be winners and expect them to do well, they will rise to the occasion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jaime-escalante/if-we-expect-students-to-be-winners-and-expect-them-to-do-well-they/)

[Jaime Escalante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jaime-escalante/)

> [The day someone quits school he is condemning himself to a future of poverty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jaime-escalante/the-day-someone-quits-school-he-is-condemning-himself-to-a-future-of/)

[Jaime Escalante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jaime-escalante/)

> [Education is the ticket to success](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jaime-escalante/education-is-the-ticket-to-success/)

[Jaime Escalante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jaime-escalante/)

> [It goes like this: teaching is touching life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jaime-escalante/it-goes-like-this-teaching-is-touching-life/)

[Jaime Escalante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jaime-escalante/)

> [You burros have calculus in your blood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jaime-escalante/you-burros-have-calculus-in-your-blood/)

[Jaime Escalante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jaime-escalante/)

> [We are all concerned about the future of American education. But as I tell my students, you do not enter the future - you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jaime-escalante/we-are-all-concerned-about-the-future-of-american-education-but-as-i/)

[Jaime Escalante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jaime-escalante/)

> [Ask 'How will they learn best?' not 'Can they learn?'.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jaime-escalante/ask-how-will-they-learn-best-not-can-they-learn/)

[Jaime Escalante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jaime-escalante/)

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