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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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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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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Be a dreamer. If you don’t know how to dream, you’re dead.
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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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A person really doesn’t become whole, until he becomes a part of something that’s bigger than himself.
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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 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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Time is very precious to me. I don’t know how much I have left, and I have some things that I would like to say. Hopefully, at the end, I will have said something that will be important to other people, too.
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Never give up, never ever give up.
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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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Take time every day to laugh, to think, to cry.
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I talked about my family, my family’s so important.
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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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I will thank God for the day and the moment I have.
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We need your help. I need your help. We need money for research. It may not save my life. It may save my children’s life. It may save someone you love. And it’s very important.
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