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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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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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.
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Other people go to the office. I get to coach. I know I’ve been blessed.
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Know where you have been, where you are now and where you want to be.
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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.
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You need to have a dream, a goal, and you must be willing to work hard.
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Spend each day with some laughter and some thought, to get you’re emotions going.
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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 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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Nothing has ever been accomplished in any walk of life without enthusiasm, without motivation, and without perseverance.
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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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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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Never give up! Failure and rejection are only the first step to succeeding.
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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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A person really doesn’t become whole, until he becomes a part of something that’s bigger than himself.
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