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.
JIM VALVANOWe should do three things every day of our life. Number one is laugh. You should laugh every day. Number two is to think, we should spend some time in thought. And, number three is you should have your emotions moved to tears.
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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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The greatest gift you can give your children is to believe in them.
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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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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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Spend each day with some laughter and some thought, to get you’re emotions going.
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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 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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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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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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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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Why shouldn’t I milk it? We’re an agricultural institution.
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Each day, be sure to laugh, to think, to cry; that’s one heckuva full day.
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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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And if you see me, smile and maybe give me a hug. That’s important to me too.
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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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Know where you have been, where you are now and where you want to be.
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Enjoy your life, the precious moments you have.
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It’s so important to know where you are.
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Never give up, never ever give up.
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I talked about my family, my family’s so important.
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Never give up! Failure and rejection are only the first step to succeeding.
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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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To find the unlimited scope of human possibility, look within yourself.
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We have a very intelligent team. I’ve had clubs that when you tell a guy to go back door, he leaves the gym. Or you tell the team you’re going to have a closed practice and eight guys don’t show up.
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We should do three things every day of our life. Number one is laugh. You should laugh every day. Number two is to think, we should spend some time in thought. And, number three is you should have your emotions moved to tears.
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Be a dreamer. If you don’t know how to dream, you’re dead.
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