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 VALVANOTo find the unlimited scope of human possibility, look within yourself.
More Jim Valvano Quotes
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Are you saying that the assistant had the answers all along, he just wasn’t telling anyone?
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I will thank God for the day and the moment I have.
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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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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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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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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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Other people go to the office. I get to coach. I know I’ve been blessed.
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Enjoy your life, the precious moments you have.
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If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that’s a full day.
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There are 86,400 seconds in a day. It’s up to you to decide what to do with them.
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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.
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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)
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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.
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Every day ordinary people do extra-ordinary things!
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Why shouldn’t I milk it? We’re an agricultural institution.
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