Don’t give up. Don’t ever give up.
JIM VALVANONothing has ever been accomplished in any walk of life without enthusiasm, without motivation, and without perseverance.
More Jim Valvano Quotes
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You need to have a dream, a goal, and you must be willing to work hard.
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Take time every day to laugh, to think, to cry.
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Other people go to the office. I get to coach. I know I’ve been blessed.
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Why shouldn’t I milk it? We’re an agricultural institution.
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We should do three things every day of our life. Number one is laugh. You should laugh every day. Number two is to think, we should spend some time in thought. And, number three is you should have your emotions moved to tears.
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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.
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I’ll also tell you that five hundred thousand people will die this year of cancer. And I’ll also tell you that one in every four will be afflicted with this disease, and yet, somehow, we seem to have put it in a little bit of the background.
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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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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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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.
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A person really doesn’t become whole, until he becomes a part of something that’s bigger than himself.
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Spend each day with some laughter and some thought, to get you’re emotions going.
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Enjoy your life, the precious moments you have.
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People think I have courage. The courage in my family are my wife Pam, my three daughters, here, Nicole, Jamie, LeeAnn, my mom, who’s right here too.
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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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