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Nothing has ever been accomplished in any walk of life without enthusiasm, without motivation, and without perseverance.

Jim Valvano

Other people go to the office. I get to coach. I know I’ve been blessed.
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Blessing Myself Office People
But try if you can to support, whether it’s AIDS or the cancer foundation, so that someone else might survive, might prosper, and might actually be cured of this dreaded disease.
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Cure Foundation Prosper Support Survive Try Yourself
Each day, be sure to laugh, to think, to cry; that’s one heckuva full day.
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Cry Day Laughter Oneself Thinking
Coaches are basically schizophrenic. We are pessimistic to the press and among fellow coaches, but to our team, we are the eternal optimists.
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Forever Optimism Ourselves Pessimistic Team
Never give up, never ever give up.
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Failure Give Up Inspirational One Liner
Be a dreamer. If you don’t know how to dream, you’re dead.
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Death Dreams Numb Yourself
Nothing can happen if it’s not first a dream. If you have someone with a dream, if you have a motivated person with a goal and a vision, if you have someone that never gives up, who has great hope, Anything can happen.
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Dreams Goal Greatness Hope Motivational Vision Yourself
I will thank God for the day and the moment I have.
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God Moments Myself Thankful
Now, I look at where I am now and I know what I wanna to do. What I would like to be able to do is to spend whatever time I have left and to give, and maybe some hope to others.
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Hope Myself Place Position Time
A person really doesn’t become whole, until he becomes a part of something that’s bigger than himself.
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Big Himself Person Spiritual
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.
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Death Life Myself Statement Wrong
Never give up! Failure and rejection are only the first step to succeeding.
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Failure Give Up Rejection Success
In every single day, in every walk of life, ordinary people do extraordinary things. Ordinary People accomplish Extraordinary things.
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Accomplishment Day Inspirational Ordinary People Walk
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

Business Game Pass Run Yourself
The difference between Namath and me is that when you make the money he makes, they say you’re ruggedly handsome. When you make the money I make, they say you have a big nose. (On resembling Joe Namath)
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Appearance Difference Handsome Money Yourself
I talked about my family, my family’s so important.
JIM VALVANO

Family Important Myself Talk

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