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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.
Jim ValvanoJim Valvano Don’t give up. Don’t ever give up.
Jim ValvanoJim Valvano We should do three things every day of our life. Number one is laugh. You should laugh every day. Number two is to think, we should spend some time in thought. And, number three is you should have your emotions moved to tears.
Jim ValvanoJim Valvano The greatest gift you can give your children is to believe in them.
Jim ValvanoJim Valvano Be a dreamer. If you don’t know how to dream, you’re dead.
Jim ValvanoJim Valvano A person really doesn’t become whole, until he becomes a part of something that’s bigger than himself.
Jim ValvanoJim Valvano Take time every day to laugh, to think, to cry.
Jim ValvanoJim Valvano 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.
Jim ValvanoJim Valvano It’s so important to know where you are.
Jim ValvanoJim Valvano Now, I look at where I am now and I know what I wanna to do. What I would like to be able to do is to spend whatever time I have left and to give, and maybe some hope to others.
Jim ValvanoJim Valvano I talked about my family, my family’s so important.
Jim ValvanoJim Valvano Nothing has ever been accomplished in any walk of life without enthusiasm, without motivation, and without perseverance.
Jim ValvanoJim Valvano If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that’s a full day. That’s a heck of a day. You do that seven days a week, you’re going to have something special.
Jim ValvanoJim Valvano There are 86,400 seconds in a day. It’s up to you to decide what to do with them.
Jim ValvanoJim Valvano How do you go from where you are to where you wanna be? And I think you have to have an enthusiasm for life. You have to have a dream, a goal. And you have to be willing to work for it.
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