Know where you have been, where you are now and where you want to be.
JIM VALVANO
JIM VALVANO
Jim Valvano on acceptance
Jim Valvano49 quotes“Know where you have been, where you are now and where you want to be.”
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Never give up! Failure and rejection are only the first step to succeeding.
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Jim ValvanoJim Valvano Why shouldn’t I milk it? We’re an agricultural institution.
Jim ValvanoJim Valvano Spend each day with some laughter and some thought, to get you’re emotions going.
Jim ValvanoJim Valvano 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 ValvanoJim Valvano In every single day, in every walk of life, ordinary people do extraordinary things. Ordinary People accomplish Extraordinary things.
Jim ValvanoJim Valvano 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.
Jim ValvanoJim Valvano 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.
Jim ValvanoJim Valvano If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that’s a full day.
Jim ValvanoJim Valvano 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)
Jim ValvanoJim Valvano 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.
Jim ValvanoJim Valvano 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.
Jim ValvanoJim Valvano Other people go to the office. I get to coach. I know I’ve been blessed.
Jim ValvanoJim Valvano Each day, be sure to laugh, to think, to cry; that’s one heckuva full day.
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