I can’t tell you what an honor it is, to even be mentioned in the same breath with Arthur Ashe. This is something I certainly will treasure forever.
JIM VALVANOBut 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.
More Jim Valvano Quotes
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The greatest gift you can give your children is to believe in them.
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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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If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that’s a full day.
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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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Don’t give up. Don’t ever give up.
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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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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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And if you see me, smile and maybe give me a hug. That’s important to me too.
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Nothing has ever been accomplished in any walk of life without enthusiasm, without motivation, and without perseverance.
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Be a dreamer. If you don’t know how to dream, you’re dead.
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Why shouldn’t I milk it? We’re an agricultural institution.
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To find the unlimited scope of human possibility, look within yourself.
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Spend each day with some laughter and some thought, to get you’re emotions going.
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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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You need to have a dream, a goal, and you must be willing to work hard.
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