The greatest gift you can give your children is to believe in them.
JIM VALVANOIf 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.
More Jim Valvano Quotes
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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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Are you saying that the assistant had the answers all along, he just wasn’t telling anyone?
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Never give up, never ever give up.
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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.
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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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Each day, be sure to laugh, to think, to cry; that’s one heckuva full day.
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Conceive the inconceivable – then accomplish it.
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Spend each day with some laughter and some thought, to get you’re emotions going.
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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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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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And if you see me, smile and maybe give me a hug. That’s important to me too.
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Why shouldn’t I milk it? We’re an agricultural institution.
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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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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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