Don’t give up. Don’t ever give up.
JIM VALVANOA person really doesn’t become whole, until he becomes a part of something that’s bigger than himself.
More Jim Valvano Quotes
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I talked about my family, my family’s so important.
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Spend each day with some laughter and some thought, to get you’re emotions going.
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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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The greatest gift you can give your children is to believe in them.
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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.
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We need your help. I need your help. We need money for research. It may not save my life. It may save my children’s life. It may save someone you love. And it’s very important.
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Each day, be sure to laugh, to think, to cry; that’s one heckuva full day.
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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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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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It’s so important to know where you are.
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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.
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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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A person really doesn’t become whole, until he becomes a part of something that’s bigger than himself.
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There are 86,400 seconds in a day. It’s up to you to decide what to do with them.
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Enjoy your life, the precious moments you have.
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