My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.
JIM VALVANOThe greatest gift you can give your children is to believe in them.
More Jim Valvano Quotes
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I will thank God for the day and the moment I have.
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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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It’s so important to know where you are.
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Each day, be sure to laugh, to think, to cry; that’s one heckuva full day.
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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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People think I have courage. The courage in my family are my wife Pam, my three daughters, here, Nicole, Jamie, LeeAnn, my mom, who’s right here too.
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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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The greatest gift you can give your children is to believe in them.
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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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Know where you have been, where you are now and where you want to be.
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I talked about my family, my family’s so important.
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Why shouldn’t I milk it? We’re an agricultural institution.
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Don’t give up. Don’t ever give up.
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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)
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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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