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)
JIM VALVANOThe greatest gift you can give your children is to believe in them.
More Jim Valvano Quotes
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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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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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Other people go to the office. I get to coach. I know I’ve been blessed.
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Enjoy your life, the precious moments you have.
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Conceive the inconceivable – then accomplish it.
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Never give up, never ever give up.
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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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I asked a ref if he could give me a technical foul for thinking bad things about him. He said, of course not. I said, well, I think you stink. And he gave me a technical. You can’t trust em.
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In every single day, in every walk of life, ordinary people do extraordinary things. Ordinary People accomplish Extraordinary things.
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It’s so important to know where you are.
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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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Why shouldn’t I milk it? We’re an agricultural institution.
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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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Spend each day with some laughter and some thought, to get you’re emotions going.
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My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.
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