Take time every day to laugh, to think, to cry.
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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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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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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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.
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All really successful coaches have a system.
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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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Every day ordinary people do extra-ordinary things!
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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.
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Never give up, never ever give up.
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Enjoy your life, the precious moments you have.
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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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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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Why shouldn’t I milk it? We’re an agricultural institution.
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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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Never give up! Failure and rejection are only the first step to succeeding.
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Conceive the inconceivable – then accomplish it.
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