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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 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.
Jim ValvanoJim Valvano Why shouldn’t I milk it? We’re an agricultural institution.
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Do not measure yourself by success, failure, or a degree. Measure your life by the dreams you have.
Natalie MooneyNatalie Mooney Everything ceases to fade Leaving my soul all the pain.
Sayed AbbasSayed Abbas To attain success everyone speaks about consistency, don’t give up & patience but no one talk about the start.
Rohit DeoraRohit Deora Take a moment to look back. Change the process slightly from your discovery. Start again.
Hei-Ran ParkHei-Ran Park The silence was broken with the music of your pain, but with every note i could see a part of you healing.
Sophie AliaSophie Alia It has been the craziest year filled with so many adventures, amazing friends, accomplishments & memories.
Little PaulsonLittle Paulson They say what is lost can always be found in the last place you look but I wouldn’t be so sure that you’ll ever see this version of me again.
Aimee C. HoveyAimee C. Hovey I want to see our demons complement each other for the rest of our lives.
Jenny WinbladhJenny Winbladh
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She loves her lonely moments the silence away from the crowds, when its just her daydreaming.
Marie-Kristin HofmannMarie-Kristin Hofmann It was a dream to arrive at Liverpool but I never wanted to just settle for what I had achieved. I wanted more.
Luis SuárezLuis Suárez May I love you away from the evils of today to the dreams of tomorrow, you know heaven has no sorrow.
Jimi HendrixJimi Hendrix When our memories outweigh our dreams, it is then that we become old.
Bill ClintonBill Clinton A thicket of summer grass / Is all that remains / Of the dreams of ancient warriors.
Matsuo BashoMatsuo Basho Most people search high and wide for the key to success. If they only knew, the key to their dreams lies within.
George Washington CarverGeorge Washington Carver Her afternoon tea is a fountain of daydreams.
Marie-Kristin HofmannMarie-Kristin Hofmann Dreamlining is so named because it applies timelines to what most would consider dreams.
Tim FerrissTim Ferriss