There are 86,400 seconds in a day. It’s up to you to decide what to do with them.
JIM VALVANOTake time every day to laugh, to think, to cry.
More Jim Valvano Quotes
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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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Never give up! Failure and rejection are only the first step to succeeding.
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I talked about my family, my family’s so important.
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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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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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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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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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Don’t give up. Don’t ever give up.
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Take time every day to laugh, to think, to cry.
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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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Conceive the inconceivable – then accomplish it.
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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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You need to have a dream, a goal, and you must be willing to work hard.
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