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.
JIM VALVANOThere are 86,400 seconds in a day. It’s up to you to decide what to do with them.
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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Every day ordinary people do extra-ordinary things!
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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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Spend each day with some laughter and some thought, to get you’re emotions going.
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And if you see me, smile and maybe give me a hug. That’s important to me too.
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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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A person really doesn’t become whole, until he becomes a part of something that’s bigger than himself.
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The greatest gift you can give your children is to believe in them.
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Why shouldn’t I milk it? We’re an agricultural institution.
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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.
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My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.
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Don’t give up. Don’t ever give up.
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To find the unlimited scope of human possibility, look within yourself.
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Each day, be sure to laugh, to think, to cry; that’s one heckuva full day.
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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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