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My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.
Jim ValvanoJim Valvano Cancer can take away all of my physical abilities. It cannot touch my mind, it cannot touch my heart, and it cannot touch my soul.
Jim ValvanoJim Valvano 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 ValvanoJim Valvano Are you saying that the assistant had the answers all along, he just wasn’t telling anyone?
Jim ValvanoJim Valvano All really successful coaches have a system.
Jim ValvanoJim Valvano Now I’m fighting cancer, everybody knows that. People ask me all the time about how you go through your life and how’s your day, and nothing is changed for me.
Jim ValvanoJim Valvano Time is very precious to me. I don’t know how much I have left, and I have some things that I would like to say. Hopefully, at the end, I will have said something that will be important to other people, too.
Jim ValvanoJim Valvano I will thank God for the day and the moment I have.
Jim ValvanoJim 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 ValvanoJim Valvano Conceive the inconceivable – then accomplish it.
Jim ValvanoJim Valvano 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 ValvanoJim Valvano You need to have a dream, a goal, and you must be willing to work hard.
Jim ValvanoJim Valvano Never give up! Failure and rejection are only the first step to succeeding.
Jim ValvanoJim Valvano Every day ordinary people do extra-ordinary things!
Jim ValvanoJim Valvano Never give up, never ever give up.
Jim ValvanoJim Valvano 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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People who don’t know how to love you are always going to hurt your heart.
H. DcostaH. Dcosta I no longer seek the love I think I deserve but rather the love I’ve always deserved.
Ava NicoleAva Nicole There is no such thing as a good investment.
Manish KhuntetaManish Khunteta Without you, I’m lost.
Amanda KarchAmanda Karch I did everything I could to make it work I was casting nets into the ocean and all they were doing was returning back empty.
Carmen AmadosCarmen Amados We flew to heaven, and we touched the sun.
Jennifer JulietteJennifer Juliette You told me everything would be okay. I wish you had said – you’ll hurt but I’ll hold you.
Ullie KayeUllie Kaye Be brave, be bold, beware that you must believe before becoming.
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I cried so much that my tears, made up a sea, I survived sailing in that teary sea, to reach the shore, which, at first, didn’t have a door for me!
Deepali SinghviDeepali Singhvi Trees have heard the echoes mountains have cried in despair all alone.
Leon MarshLeon Marsh How we yell is because of them how we cry is because of them but how we love is because of us.
Rhiannon JanaeRhiannon Janae Be careful, her hell is lovely, dark, and deep until she weeps.
Mona-LiseMona-Lise What if my ink runs dry or I have no words to sum up the tears I cry how do I write about nothing?
Reece LennoxReece Lennox With all your words of glass, I felt the wedding dress rip If I don’t want to give you the satisfaction of seeing me cry why should I want to give you the rest of my life?
Allie MillerAllie Miller Humans need breaks. Humans need to cry. Humans need to feel mad, sad, happy, and all the emotions in between. And humans need to have boundaries.
Elizabeth LeahElizabeth Leah Even the sky wept when you left.
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