A person really doesn’t become whole, until he becomes a part of something that’s bigger than himself.
JIM VALVANOMy father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.
More Jim Valvano Quotes
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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.
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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.
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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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Conceive the inconceivable – then accomplish it.
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I talked about my family, my family’s so important.
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I will thank God for the day and the moment I have.
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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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The greatest gift you can give your children is to believe in them.
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I just got one last thing, I urge all of you, all of you, to enjoy your life, the precious moments you have. To spend each day with some laughter and some thought, to get you’re emotions going.
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Know where you have been, where you are now and where you want to be.
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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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All really successful coaches have a system.
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Don’t give up. Don’t ever give up.
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My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.
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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.
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